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befetters

befetters is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 befetters

What is befetters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Befetters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of befetter.

Words near befetters in the dictionary

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

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