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befortune

befortune verb: to befall; to happen to.

Verb

befortune (third-person singular simple present befortunes, present participle befortuning, simple past and past participle befortuned)

  1. (dated, poetic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.
    • I wish all good befortune you.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of befortune

third-person singular presentbefortunes
present participlebefortuning
past participlebefortuned
pastbefortuned

Origin of befortune

From be- + fortune.

Questions about befortune

What does befortune mean?
Befortune means to befall; to happen to.
What part of speech is befortune?
Befortune is a verb.
What is the past tense of befortune?
The past tense of befortune is befortuned.

Words near befortune in the dictionary

  1. beforetime
  2. beforetimes
  3. beforeward
  4. Befort
  5. Beforts
  6. befortune
  7. befortuned
  8. befortunes
  9. befortuning
  10. befoul
  11. befouled

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