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- verb intransitive, obsolete To
go around. - verb transitive, obsolete To go
about ;encompass ;encircle ;surround .
Etymologies
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From Middle English umbegon, from Old English ymbgān ("to go around, go about, surround"), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), *gānan (“to go”), equivalent to umbe- + go.
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