Definitions
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- verb transitive, intransitive To
hang round or about;depend ;suspend ;drape . - verb transitive To
ornament ;embellish .
Etymologies
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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").
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Examples
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Women lavished money on dress, which grew to be a passion in this fair climate; on jewellery with which to behang their persons; on fantastic entertainments; men drank, betted, gambled; while horse-racing had already become, with both sexes, the obsession it was to remain.
The Way Home 2003
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De intelligente blondine heeft in de presidential suite het behang gesloopt en ze is daarom niet meer ...
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De intelligente blondine heeft in de presidential suite het behang gesloopt en ze is daarom niet meer ...
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De intelligente blondine heeft in de presidential suite het behang gesloopt en ze is daarom niet meer ...
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