beflee

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verb

To flee from; flee; avoid; shun.

OriginMiddle English biflen ← Old English beflēon →
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Meanings

verbbeflee (third-person singular simple present beflees, present participle befleeing, simple past and past participle befled)

present singular third person beflees · participle present befleeing · participle past befled · past befled

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo flee from; flee; avoid; shun.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbeflēon“to flee from, flee, escape, avoid”
  2. Middle Englishbiflen
  3. Englishbeflee

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

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Anagrams

feeble
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APA

beflee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflee

MLA

“beflee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beflee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflee.

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