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befight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-fight
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deprive of by fighting.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To fight against; contend; do battle with.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English *befighten, *befeghten, from Old English befeohtan (“to take by fighting”), equivalent to be- + fight. Cognate with Dutch bevechten (“to fight, combat”), Middle High German bevehten.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

befights (present, singular) befighting (participle, present) befought (participle, past) befought (past)

Questions

What does befight mean?
To deprive of by fighting.
Where does befight come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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