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beknit

beknit verb: to knit.

Verb

beknit (third-person singular simple present beknits, present participle beknitting, simple past and past participle beknit or beknitted)

  1. (transitive) To knit.
  2. (transitive) To girdle or encircle.

Forms of beknit

third-person singular presentbeknits
present participlebeknitting
past participlebeknit
pastbeknit
past participlebeknitted
pastbeknitted

Origin of beknit

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

Questions about beknit

What does beknit mean?
Beknit means to knit.
What part of speech is beknit?
Beknit is a verb.
What is the past tense of beknit?
The past tense of beknit is beknit.

Words near beknit in the dictionary

  1. beknickered
  2. beknight
  3. beknighted
  4. beknighting
  5. beknights
  6. beknit
  7. beknitting
  8. beknotted
  9. beknottedness
  10. beknow
  11. beknowing

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