umbelap
Syllables: um·be·lap/ˌʌmbɪˈlæp/US/ˌʌmbəˈlæp/
umbelap verb: to enshroud, to envelop; to surround.
Verb
umbelap (third-person singular simple present umbelaps, present participle umbelapping, simple past and past participle umbelapped)
- To enshroud, to envelop; to surround.
- For hit is a figure that haldes · five pointes, / And eche line umbelappes · and loukes in other, / And aywhere hit is endeles; · and Englich hit callen / Overal, as I here, · the endles knot.[late 14th century, [anonymous], “Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight”, in Boris Ford, Francis Berry, editors, The Age of Chaucer […] (Pelican Guide to English Literature; I; Penguin Books; 290) (in...
- & þerfor godis wretħ on þame is sched, & rightwys venieans, with grete ferisnes of turmetis vmbelappyng.[1435, Richard Rolle, “[The Fire of Love.] Of Syghyngis, Desyre & Mekenes of a Parfite Lufar; & of þe Differens of Wardly Lufe & Godly; & als of Meditacion̄. [Of Sighings, Desire & Meekenss of a...
Examples of umbelap in a sentence
- Thus am I wrapped / And in woe umbelapped, / Such love hath me trapped, / Without any cure.1835 March, “On Old English Poetical Facetiæ”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume III, London: William...
- That is: the waymenting of death hath umbelapped me, and the sorrows of hell have environed me.1917, Henry Suso, “Orologium Sapientiæ: Her Showeth the Fifth Chapter of a Treatise Called Orologium Sapiencie in Manner of a Dialogue: And...
- [T]hou shalt find but a dark image and a painful of thine own soul […] umbelapped with black stinking clothes of sin […] a body of sin and a body of death […]1944, [anonymous], edited by Phyllis Hodgson, The Cloud of Unknowing and the Book of Privy Counselling […] (Original Series; 218), London...
Synonyms of umbelap
Forms of umbelap
| third-person singular present | umbelaps |
|---|---|
| present participle | umbelapping |
| past participle | umbelapped |
| past | umbelapped |
| alternative form | umbelappe |
Origin of umbelap
From Middle English umbelappen, umbelappe (“to clothe or wrap; to enclose, envelop; to beset or encircle (an enemy); to besiege; to interlace, overlap”) [and other forms], either from: * umb-, umbe- (prefix meaning ‘around, encircling, surrounding; covering, enveloping, wrapping’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“about, around, on either side of”)) + lappen (“to wrap; to place so as to enclose or enfold; to encase; to envelop; to clothe; to put on armour; to ensnare, snare”); or * um- (prefix meaning ‘around, encircling, surrounding; covering, enveloping, wrapping’) + bilappen (“to envelop; to clothe; to surround; to blend, mix”) (from bi- (completive, intensifying, or figurative prefix) + lappen (see above)). Lappen is derived from lap, lappe (“loose part of a garment; folded or extended skirt, or loose sleeve, used to hold things; small piece of cloth or mail detached from a garment or coat of mail; a part, portion, share; a person’s lap; (also figuratively) a person’s bosom or breast; (anatomy) a loose part of the body (such as an earlobe or a lobe of the liver); female genitalia; cavity or sinus in the body; (in place names) piece of land at the edge of an...
Words that rhyme with umbelap
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- scrap
- map
- rap
- slap
- overlap
- pap
- crap
- sap
- yap
- bap
- unwrap
- app
- chap
- dap
- frappe
- nap
- uncap
- wap
- entrap
- enwrap
- fap
- frap
- hap
- jap
- minimap
- Phrygian cap
- plap
- recap
- whap
- anion gap
- asap
- bad rap
- belap
- betrap
- cloth cap
- Fanny Murray cap
- FAPP
- GAAP
- ion trap
- katsap
- lagniappe
- mishap
- Noddy cap
- scap
- shrap
- stap
- unstrap
- voting cap
Questions about umbelap
- What does umbelap mean?
- Umbelap means to enshroud, to envelop; to surround.
- How do you use umbelap in a sentence?
- Thus am I wrapped / And in woe umbelapped, / Such love hath me trapped, / Without any cure.
- What part of speech is umbelap?
- Umbelap is a verb.
- How do you pronounce umbelap?
- Umbelap is pronounced /ˌʌmbɪˈlæp/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of umbelap?
- The past tense of umbelap is umbelapped.
Words near umbelap in the dictionary
Source and license
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