Etymology

umbeclap

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Today it means: To embrace; enclose. Full definition →

Middle English umbeclappen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromumbeclappen
  2. English todayumbeclap

From Middle English umbeclappen. By surface analysis, umbe- + clap, or um- + beclap.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.