English Explanatory Dictionary

befight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deprive of by fighting.
  2. To fight against; contend; do battle with.

Word forms

befight befights befighting befought

Etymology

From Middle English *befighten, *befeghten, from Old English befeohtan (“to take by fighting”), equivalent to be- + fight. Cognate with Dutch bevechten (“to fight, combat”), Middle High German bevehten.

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