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befettering

befettering is the present participle and gerund of befetter.

Meaning of befetter

Verb

befetter (third-person singular simple present befetters, present participle befettering, simple past and past participle befettered)

  1. (transitive) To confine with fetters; restrain as if by fetters.
    • They are the mute representatives of their tongue-tied, befettered, heavy-laden Nations; who from out of that dark bewilderment gaze wistful, amazed, with half-incredulous hope, towards you, and this your bright light of a French Federation[.]1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter X, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 52

Questions about befettering

What is befettering the present participle and gerund of?
Befettering is the present participle and gerund of befetter.

Words near befettering in the dictionary

  1. befell
  2. beferned
  3. befetished
  4. befetter
  5. befettered
  6. befettering
  7. befetters
  8. befevered
  9. befezzed
  10. befie
  11. befied

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