umbeclap

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verb

To embrace; enclose.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verbumbeclap (third-person singular simple present umbeclaps, present participle umbeclapping, simple past and past participle umbeclapped)

present singular third person umbeclaps · participle present umbeclapping · participle past umbeclapped · past umbeclapped · alternative umbeclappe · alternative umbe-clappe

  1. UKdialectaltransitiveTo embrace; enclose.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishumbeclappen
  2. Englishumbeclap

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

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