To surround or enclose with hedges; to hedge around something completely with barriers.
From 'be-' (around, about) + 'hedge' (a fence of bushes or branches). The prefix indicates the action of surrounding on all sides with hedges.
Medieval estates were literally behedged to mark property boundaries and keep animals in or out—this word captures the agricultural reality that shaped English land law and is why we still 'hedge our bets' to protect ourselves.
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