† beˈclose, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 becl{yacu}s-an, 2–3 biclus-en, 4, 7 beclose.
[Orig. OE. becl{yacu}san, f. be- 1 + cl{yacu}san: see cluse; subseq. changed to close after Fr.]
trans. To shut up or in; to enclose, imprison. Hence beˈclosing vbl. n.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke iii. 20 He be-clysde iohannem on cwearterne. 1205 Lay. 15023 Sculden þer swiðe faste biclusen heom in ane castle. a 1230 Ancr. R. 108 Þu uorsoke þene world i þine biclusinge. c 1325 Cœur de L. 5185 Richard seygh..That the Sarezynes hoost beclosyd is. 1677 Gilpin Dæmonol. (1867) 166 Beclosed in the mi[l]dhead of God. |