English Explanatory Dictionary

beclose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
  2. To imprison.

Word forms

beclose becloses beclosing beclosed

Etymology

From Middle English beclosen, biclosen, alteration (due to Middle English closen) of earlier biclusen, from Old English beclȳsan (“to close, shut what is open, conclude, put an end to, shut up in a place, enclose, confine, imprison, shut out, exclude”), equivalent to be- + close. See also cluse.

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