Meanings
verbbeflea (third-person singular simple present befleas, present participle befleaing, simple past and past participle befleaed)
present singular third person befleas · participle present befleaing · participle past befleaed · past befleaed
- transitiveTo pester, as fleas do.
One of those bores Who beflea'd with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze.
1848, James Russell Lowell, A Fable for Critics
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APA
beflea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflea
MLA
“beflea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflea. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beflea,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflea.
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