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befly

befly verb: to fly about; fly from; shun; escape.

Verb

befly (third-person singular simple present beflies, present participle beflying, simple past beflew, past participle beflown)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To fly about; fly from; shun; escape.

Forms of befly

third-person singular presentbeflies
present participlebeflying
pastbeflew
past participlebeflown

Origin of befly

From Middle English biflien, from Old English beflēogan (“to fly upon”), equivalent be- + fly. Cognate with Dutch bevliegen, German befliegen (“to fly on”), Danish beflyve (“to operate”).

Words formed from befly

  • beflying

Questions about befly

What does befly mean?
Befly means to fly about; fly from; shun; escape.
What part of speech is befly?
Befly is a verb.
What is the past tense of befly?
The past tense of befly is beflew.

Words near befly in the dictionary

  1. beflowers
  2. befloxatone
  3. beflubutamid
  4. beflustered
  5. beflutter
  6. befly
  7. befo
  8. befo'
  9. befoam
  10. befoamed
  11. befoaming

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