"belock" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: belocks [present, singular, third-person], belocking [participle, present], belocked [participle, past], belocked [past]
Etymology: From Middle English belouken, bilouken, from Old English belūcan (“to lock up, bring to an end”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilūkan (“to lock up”), equivalent to be- + lock. Cognate with Middle Low German belûken (“to close, secure”), Middle High German belūchen, belouchen (“to enclose, shut in”), obsolete German belochen (“lock up, lock in, include”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|belouken}} Middle English belouken, {{inh|en|ang|belūcan|t=to lock up, bring to an end}} Old English belūcan (“to lock up, bring to an end”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bilūkan|t=to lock up}} Proto-West Germanic *bilūkan (“to lock up”), {{af|en|be-|lock}} be- + lock, {{cog|gml|belûken|t=to close, secure}} Middle Low German belûken (“to close, secure”), {{cog|gmh|belūchen}} Middle High German belūchen, {{cog|de|belochen|t=lock up, lock in, include}} German belochen (“lock up, lock in, include”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} belock (third-person singular simple present belocks, present participle belocking, simple past and past participle belocked)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To lock up or lock in place; hold tight; fasten. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: grasp, grip Synonyms (hold tight): clasp

Inflected forms

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