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befinger

befinger verb: to finger all over.

Verb

befinger (third-person singular simple present befingers, present participle befingering, simple past and past participle befingered)

  1. (transitive) To finger all over.
    • Unfortunately, lack of scientific training on the part of medical attendants who probe and befinger wounds without proper antiseptic precautions is met with too often.1901, Proceedings of The... Annual Meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons ...

Forms of befinger

third-person singular presentbefingers
present participlebefingering
past participlebefingered
pastbefingered

Origin of befinger

From be- (“about, all over”) + finger.

Questions about befinger

What does befinger mean?
Befinger means to finger all over.
What part of speech is befinger?
Befinger is a verb.
What is the past tense of befinger?
The past tense of befinger is befingered.

Words near befinger in the dictionary

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

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