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Meaning of umbecast | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
/ˌʌmbəˈkæst/

Definitions

  1. To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
    dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive
  2. To consider, ponder.
    dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive
  3. To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
  4. To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
  5. To bind, tie up.
  6. To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade

Examples

“[…]and the dog came after, and umbecast about, for she had lost the very perfect feute of the hind.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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