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befortuning

befortuning is the present participle and gerund 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 befortuning

What is befortuning the present participle and gerund of?
Befortuning is the present participle and gerund of befortune.

Words near befortuning in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: befortuning (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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