beclip

From Middle English beclippen, from Old English beclyppan (“to clip, clasp, embrace, enfold”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”), *klupjaną (“to hold, clench”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēb-, *glēp- (“to hold, clench”), equivalent to be- +‎ clip. Compare also Middle English umbeclippen (“to embrace”). More at umbeclip.

beclip (third-person singular simple present beclips, present participle beclipping, simple past and past participle beclipped)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
   • John Wycliffe, Mark, ix. 36.

     And he took a child, and sette hym in the myddil of hem; and whanne he hadde biclippid hym, he seide to hem,

     Who euer resseyueth oon of such children in my name, he resseyueth me; and who euer resseyueth me, he resseyueth not me aloone, but hym that sente me.

   • John Gower, Confessio Amantis, i.

     And sodenly, ere she it wiste,

     Beclipt in armés he her kiste.

2. (transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To curdle (milk).

• beclipping

From be- +‎ clip.

beclip (third-person singular simple present beclips, present participle beclipping, simple past and past participle beclipped)

1. (transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.

   beclip a photograph