Definitions
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- verb transitive To
wind (a thing) about;involve ;envelop (with). - verb transitive To wind or
twine oneself round.
Etymologies
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From Middle English bewinden, biwinden, from Old English bewindan ("to wind round, clasp, entwine, envelop, encircle, surround, brandish (a sword), turn, wind, revolve"), from Proto-Germanic *biwindanan (“to wind round”), equivalent to be- + wind. Cognate with Middle Low German bewinden ("to entwine, wrap"), German bewinden ("intertwine, wind around"), Gothic (biwindan, "to entwine, wrap").
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Note 3: For a general discussion of the period, see Hermann Giliomee, Die Kaap tydens die eerste Britse bewind, 1795 – 1803 (Cape Town: Hollandsch Afrikaansch Uitgevers, 1975). back
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Daar is meer hoop vir Afrika en ontwikkeling op ons kontinent vandag as op enige stadium gedurende koloniale bewind in Afrika.
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Olimpiese Spele mag aanbied nie, omdat die stad onder NP bewind is.
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Ek noem dit vir u sodat u kan weet dat respek vir die verskeidenheid van ons samelewing diep wortels het in die politieke organisasie wat vandag aan bewind is in die land.
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