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verb
To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: betine, border, enclose, hedge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To determine the boundary or limit of; define.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: bound, define
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To surround; beset; plague; hinder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: impede, behedge, blunt, crimp, delay, difficult, diminish, forestay, interfere, intervene, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, hurt, impair, incommode, lessen, let, mar, obstruct, overslaugh, preclude, prevene, prevent, prohibit, reduce, restrict, retard, slow down, stay, stymie, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, undermine, weaken, worsen
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: curtail, restrain, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, check, inhibit, contain, vanquish, cork, curb, quench, quell, bury, dampen, hamshackle, hold back, hold down, limit, repress, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, subdue, suppress, throttle, underbring, withhold, withstrain
Antonyms: none provided
History
From be- + hedge; compare Old English behegian and Dutch beheggen (“to put a hedge around, behedge”).
