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betrap

betrap verb: to catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.

Verb (1)

betrap (third-person singular simple present betraps, present participle betrapping, simple past and past participle betrapped)

  1. (transitive) To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.

Verb (2)

betrap (third-person singular simple present betraps, present participle betrapping, simple past and past participle betrapped)

  1. (transitive) To furnish (a horse) with trappings; deck; adorn.

Forms of betrap

third-person singular presentbetraps
present participlebetrapping
past participlebetrapped
pastbetrapped

Origin of betrap

From Middle English betrappen, bitrappen, from Old English betræppan, betreppan (“to entrap, catch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitrappjan, equivalent to be- + trap. Cognate with West Frisian betrappe, betraapje (“to catch, surprise”), Dutch betrappen (“to catch, surprise”).

From be- + trap.

Words that rhyme with betrap

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Questions about betrap

What does betrap mean?
Betrap means to catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.
What part of speech is betrap?
Betrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of betrap?
The past tense of betrap is betrapped.

Words near betrap in the dictionary

  1. betrack
  2. betrail
  3. betrailed
  4. betrailing
  5. betrample
  6. betrap
  7. betrash
  8. betravail
  9. betravel
  10. Betrawati
  11. betray

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