beknit
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), equivalent to be- + knit.
Verb[edit]
beknit (third-person singular simple present beknits, present participle beknitting, simple past and past participle beknit or beknitted)
- (transitive) To knit.
- (transitive) To girdle or encircle.