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befinding

befinding is the present participle and gerund of befind.

Meaning of befind

Verb

befind (third-person singular simple present befinds, present participle befinding, simple past and past participle befound)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To find; discover.
    • It is well that the thinker should give his thoughts to the world, though it must be admitted that wisdom befinds itself sometimes in the reverse of the sage's pronouncement.1898, Maurice Maeterlinck, Wisdom and Destiny, page 4
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To invent; contrive.
  3. (obsolete, passive voice) To be found; be.

Questions about befinding

What is befinding the present participle and gerund of?
Befinding is the present participle and gerund of befind.

Words near befinding in the dictionary

  1. befilth
  2. befilthed
  3. befilthing
  4. befilths
  5. befind
  6. befinding
  7. befinds
  8. befinger
  9. befingered
  10. befingering
  11. befingers

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