to bend or hunch someone over; to cause someone to stoop or crouch.
From be- (causative prefix) + bunch or hunch (from Middle English hunchen or bunchen, related to Middle Dutch bunsen 'to swell or bump'). The verb creates the meaning 'to cause to bunch or hunch'.
This word shows English borrowing from Dutch during the medieval period when the Low Countries had significant cultural influence on English.
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