befast

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English befasten, from Old English befæstan, from Proto-West Germanic *bifastijan, equivalent to be- +‎ fast.

Verb

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befast (third-person singular simple present befasts, present participle befasting, simple past and past participle befasted)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To fasten.