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behat

behat verb: to place a hat upon (someone's head).

Verb

behat (third-person singular simple present behats, present participle behatting, simple past and past participle behatted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To place a hat upon (someone's head).

Forms of behat

third-person singular presentbehats
present participlebehatting
past participlebehatted
pastbehatted

Origin of behat

From be- + hat.

Questions about behat

What does behat mean?
Behat means to place a hat upon (someone's head).
What part of speech is behat?
Behat is a verb.
What is the past tense of behat?
The past tense of behat is behatted.

Words near behat in the dictionary

  1. behaps
  2. Behar
  3. Beharry
  4. Beharrys
  5. Behars
  6. behat
  7. behate
  8. behated
  9. behates
  10. behating
  11. behats

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