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behating

behating is the present participle and gerund of behate.

Meaning of behate

Verb

behate (third-person singular simple present behates, present participle behating, simple past and past participle behated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To hate; detest.

Questions about behating

What is behating the present participle and gerund of?
Behating is the present participle and gerund of behate.

Words near behating in the dictionary

  1. Behars
  2. behat
  3. behate
  4. behated
  5. behates
  6. behating
  7. behats
  8. behatted
  9. behatting
  10. behave
  11. behave oneself

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Adapted from Wiktionary: behating (page history and authors); behate (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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