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beclosing

beclosing is the present participle and gerund of beclose.

Meaning of beclose

Verb

beclose (third-person singular simple present becloses, present participle beclosing, simple past and past participle beclosed)

  1. (transitive) To shut up or in; enclose; enwrap.
    • It is our sensuality in which he is enclosed, and our kyndely [natural] substance is beclosed [beclosed, wrapped up] in Jesus Christ, with the blessed soul of Christ sitting in rest in the godhead.1994, Edward Peter Nolan, Cry out and write: a feminine poetics of revelation
  2. (transitive) To imprison.

Questions about beclosing

What is beclosing the present participle and gerund of?
Beclosing is the present participle and gerund of beclose.

Words near beclosing in the dictionary

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