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befortuned

befortuned is the simple past and past participle of befortune.

Meaning of befortune

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...

Questions about befortuned

What is befortuned the simple past and past participle of?
Befortuned is the simple past and past participle of befortune.

Words near befortuned in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: befortuned (page history and authors); befortune (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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