beleap

English

Alternative forms

  • beleip, byleip (Scotland)

Etymology

From be- (“at, on”) +‎ leap.

Verb

beleap (third-person singular simple present beleaps, present participle beleaping, simple past and past participle beleapt or beleaped)

  1. (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To leap upon; cover.
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