English Explanatory Dictionary

befind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To find; discover.
  2. To invent; contrive.
  3. To be found; be.

Word forms

befind befinds befinding befound

Etymology

From Middle English befinden, bifinden, equivalent to be- + find. Cognate with Saterland Frisian befiende (“to be located, befind”), Dutch bevinden (“to find”), German befinden (“to be, be located”), Swedish befinna (“to find, be”).

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