belapped
Syllables: be·lappedUK/bɪˈlæpt/US/bəˈlæpt/
belapped adjective: encircled; enveloped; surrounded. Also the simple past and past participle of belap.
Adjective
belapped
- Encircled; enveloped; surrounded.
- Though this belappid body here / Be bound to servitude and thrall, / My faithful heart is free inteir [entire], / And mind to serve my lady at all.1562, Alexander Scott, “To His Heart”, in James Grant Wilson, editor, The Poets and Poetry of Scotland from the Earliest to the Present Time […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]...
Also used as
belapped is also the simple past and past participle of belap.
Origin of belapped
From belap + -ed.
Words that rhyme with belapped
Questions about belapped
- What does belapped mean?
- Belapped means encircled; enveloped; surrounded.
- What part of speech is belapped?
- Belapped is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce belapped?
- Belapped is pronounced /bɪˈlæpt/ (UK).
Words near belapped in the dictionary
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