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befast

befast verb: to fasten.

Verb

befast (third-person singular simple present befasts, present participle befasting, simple past and past participle befasted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To fasten.

Forms of befast

third-person singular presentbefasts
present participlebefasting
past participlebefasted
pastbefasted

Origin of befast

From Middle English befasten, from Old English befæstan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifastijan, equivalent to be- + fast.

Questions about befast

What does befast mean?
Befast means to fasten.
What part of speech is befast?
Befast is a verb.
What is the past tense of befast?
The past tense of befast is befasted.

Words near befast in the dictionary

  1. befanged
  2. befanging
  3. befangled
  4. befangs
  5. befanned
  6. befast
  7. befeather
  8. befeathered
  9. befeathering
  10. befeathers
  11. befel

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