befight
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Verb[edit]
befight (third-person singular simple present befights, present participle befighting, simple past and past participle befought)
- (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of by fighting.
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To fight against; contend; do battle with.
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