behelp
/bɪˈhɛlp/
behelp verb: to help (with); give aid or assistance to.
Verb
behelp (third-person singular simple present behelps, present participle behelping, simple past behelped or (archaic, dialectal) beholp, past participle behelped or (archaic, dialectal) beholp or (archaic, dialectal) beholpen)
- To help (with); give aid or assistance to.
- But we live in a good hope of better times and then, hopefully, will this dessign be excuted; Meanwhile I must behelp myself with this boock, so, as I have found it, and so as it is.1713, The records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck
- It is said of one of them that at an audience with the Queen of England he was asked whether he was married and, his knowledge of the English language being defective, replied: "No, Your Majesty, behelp me so!1933, Hugo von Waldeyer-Hartz, Admiral von Hipper
Forms of behelp
| third-person singular present | behelps |
|---|---|
| present participle | behelping |
| past | behelped |
| past participle | behelped |
| past (archaic, dialectal) | beholp |
| past participle (archaic, dialectal) | beholp |
| past participle (archaic, dialectal) | beholpen |
Origin of behelp
From be- + help. Cognate with Scots behelpe (“to assist”), West Frisian beholpje, Dutch behelpen (“to make do”), German behelfen (“to manage”).
Words that rhyme with behelp
Questions about behelp
- What does behelp mean?
- Behelp means to help (with); give aid or assistance to.
- What part of speech is behelp?
- Behelp is a verb.
- How do you pronounce behelp?
- Behelp is pronounced /bɪˈhɛlp/.
- What is the past tense of behelp?
- The past tense of behelp is behelped.
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