English Explanatory Dictionary

beknit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To knit.
  2. To girdle or encircle.

Word forms

beknit beknits beknitting beknitted

Etymology

From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), equivalent to be- + knit.

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