beclipping

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noun

An embrace.

OriginMiddle English *beclipping ← Old English beclypping →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

beclipping1

nounbeclipping (plural not attested)
  1. no pluralobsoleteAn embrace.

beclipping2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of beclip

Origin

beclipping · noun

  1. Old Englishbeclypping“embrace”
  2. Middle English*beclipping
  3. Englishbeclipping

From Middle English *beclipping, *biclupping, from Old English beclypping (“embrace”), equivalent to beclip + -ing.

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beclipping · verb

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APA

beclipping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beclipping

MLA

“beclipping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beclipping. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beclipping,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beclipping.

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