bebay

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bebay

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

From be- + bay (“to bend”), from Middle English beien, beȝen, from Old English bīeġan (“to bend, turn, turn back, incline, depress, abase, humiliate, subject, persuade, convert”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *baugijaną.

verb bebays · bebaying · bebayed

rare, transitive To bay around or about; embay; hem in; surround.

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@misc{bebay_2026,
  title = {bebay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bebay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}