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beclimb

beclimb verb: to climb up, ascend.

Verb

beclimb (third-person singular simple present beclimbs, present participle beclimbing, simple past and past participle beclimbed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To climb up, ascend.
    • Aforetime on his father's knee likewise
      This father fond beclomb'd with merry glee […]1858, George Martin Braune, The Persone of a Toun, page 80
    • The stonen stairs beclimbed the mound,
      Ere father put a foot to ground […]1868, The Spectator, volume 41, page 648

Forms of beclimb

third-person singular presentbeclimbs
present participlebeclimbing
past participlebeclimbed
pastbeclimbed

Origin of beclimb

From be- (“on, upon”) + climb. Compare Dutch beklimmen (“to climb up, mount, scale”).

Questions about beclimb

What does beclimb mean?
Beclimb means to climb up, ascend.
What part of speech is beclimb?
Beclimb is a verb.
What is the past tense of beclimb?
The past tense of beclimb is beclimbed.

Words near beclimb in the dictionary

  1. beclepe
  2. beclepes
  3. becleping
  4. beclept
  5. becliconazole
  6. beclimb
  7. beclimbed
  8. beclimbing
  9. beclimbs
  10. beclin
  11. beclins

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