Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

befilm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-film
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cover with a film.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"As the rod furnishes the only royal road to learning, so the world's neglect offers the man who has not patience and courage for the beaten track, a short-cut to common sense; happy if egotism have not so befilmed his mental sight, that the iron finger points in vain the upward path!"
"Every honest effort to be and do right develops sight. Every determination to be and do wrong, befilms it. The voice of the upper Universe cries "be clean.""
"Her rose sways, lifts from where she dropped it, / Enlarges, floats as though ripples propped it; / While visibly as on chill air breathing / Fragrance transforms to a rosy mist; / Which halo-sphere befilms with wreathing / Trails of pink and amethyst."

Etymology

From be- + film.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

befilms (present, singular) befilming (participle, present) befilmed (participle, past) befilmed (past)

Questions

What does befilm mean?: To cover with a film.
Where does befilm come from?: From be- + film.

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