beleap

English

Alternative forms

• beleip, byleip (Scotland)

Etymology

From be- (“at, on”) +‎ leap.

Verb

beleap (third-person singular simple present beleaps, present participle beleaping, simple past and past participle beleapt or beleaped)

1. (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To leap upon; cover.