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befilms

befilms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of befilm.

Meaning of befilm

Verb

befilm (third-person singular simple present befilms, present participle befilming, simple past and past participle befilmed)

  1. (archaic, poetic, rare) To cover with a film.
    • 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!1852, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, The Evening Book: Or, Fireside Talk on Morals and Manners, with Sketches of Western Life, →OCLC

Questions about befilms

What is befilms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Befilms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of befilm.

Words near befilms in the dictionary

  1. befiling
  2. befilleted
  3. befilm
  4. befilmed
  5. befilming
  6. befilms
  7. befilth
  8. befilthed
  9. befilthing
  10. befilths
  11. befind

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