"beleap" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beleaps [present, singular, third-person], beleaping [participle, present], beleapt [participle, past], beleapt [past], beleaped [participle, past], beleaped [past]
Etymology: From be- (“at, on”) + leap. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|leap|t1=at, on}} be- (“at, on”) + leap Head templates: {{en-verb|beleaps|beleaping|beleapt|past2=beleaped}} beleap (third-person singular simple present beleaps, present participle beleaping, simple past and past participle beleapt or beleaped)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To leap upon; cover. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: beleip, byleip [Scotland]
    Sense id: en-beleap-en-verb-kwcU7XTl Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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