beft

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛft

Verb

beft

1. inflection of beffen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Middle English

Verb

beft

1. (Northern, poetic, rare) inflection of beten (“to beat”):
   1. first/third-person singular past
   2. plural past
   3. past participle

References

• “beft, v. (past) & ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.