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- verb rare, transitive To
bay around orabout ;embay ;hem in;surround .
Etymologies
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From be- + bay (“to bend”), from Middle English beien, beȝen, from Old English bīeġan ("to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert"). More at bay.
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