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befolding

befolding is the present participle and gerund of befold.

Meaning of befold

Verb

befold (third-person singular simple present befolds, present participle befolding, simple past befolded or (obsolete) befeld, past participle befolded or (obsolete) befeld or (obsolete) befolden)

  1. (transitive) To fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop.
    • And when I rant and rave and raise hell about the power structure and about slaverytood, and nigratood, and nigraism, and everything else that befolds me being a black woman every day, I still love people.1974, Harrisene Jackson, There's nothing I own that I want

Questions about befolding

What is befolding the present participle and gerund of?
Befolding is the present participle and gerund of befold.

Words near befolding in the dictionary

  1. befogs
  2. befoir
  3. befold
  4. befolded
  5. befolden
  6. befolding
  7. befolds
  8. befolkering
  9. befool
  10. befooled
  11. befooling

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