Etymology

beflee

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Today it means: To flee from; flee; avoid; shun. Full definition →

Middle English biflen ← Old English beflēon
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  1. Old English · inherited frombeflēon“to flee from, flee, escape, avoid”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombiflen
  3. English todaybeflee

From Middle English biflen, bifleon, from Old English beflēon (“to flee from, flee, escape, avoid”), equivalent to be- + flee.

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