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verb
To hang round or about, as ornament or embellishment; suspend; drape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
From Middle English *behangen, behongen, bihangien, bihengen, from Old English behōn (“to hang round”), equivalent to be- + hang. Cognate with Dutch behangen (“to decorate”), German behängen (“to hang, drape, decorate”).
