Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete)To flee from; flee; avoid; shun.

Origin

From Middle English biflen, bifleon, from Old English beflēon (“to flee from, flee, escape

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

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Forms

beflees, befleeing, befled, befled
Base formbeflee · to beflee
3rd person singularbeflees
Present participlebefleeing
Past simplebefled
Past participlebefled

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeflee
he, she, itbeflees

Past simpleLesson

all personsbefled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave befled
he, she, ithas befled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beflee

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbefly

See also

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