befight
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *befighten, *befeghten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English befeohtan (“to take by fighting”), equivalent to be- + fight. Cognate with Dutch bevechten (“to fight, combat”), Middle High German bevehten.
Verb
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.