umbecast

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
  • (transitive) To consider, ponder.
  • To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
  • To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
  • To bind, tie up.
  • To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English umbecasten prefix from English cast (try), becast.

Origin

English

becast

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