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behope

behope verb: to hope.

Verb

behope (third-person singular simple present behopes, present participle behoping, simple past and past participle behoped)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To hope.

Forms of behope

third-person singular presentbehopes
present participlebehoping
past participlebehoped
pastbehoped

Origin of behope

From be- + hope.

Questions about behope

What does behope mean?
Behope means to hope.
What part of speech is behope?
Behope is a verb.
What is the past tense of behope?
The past tense of behope is behoped.

Words near behope in the dictionary

  1. behooves
  2. behoovest
  3. behooveth
  4. behooving
  5. behoovingly
  6. behope
  7. behorn
  8. behorsed
  9. behote
  10. behovable
  11. behove

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