beknit

== English == === Etymology === From the Middle English *beknitten, from the Old English becnyttan (“to knit around; tie up; tie around; bind; surround”), equivalent to be- +‎ knit. === Verb === beknit (third-person singular simple present beknits, present participle beknitting, simple past and past participle beknit or beknitted) (transitive) To knit. (transitive) To girdle or encircle.