Meaning

1 senses

  1. To furnish or adorn with a fringe.

    1823, Lord Byron, Don Juan: Cantos IX.—X.—XI., London: John Hunt, Canto 10, stanza 29, p. 32, … each dress he sported, Which set the beauty off in which he glowed, As purple clouds befringe the sun …

Origin

From be- (“on, at, upon”) + fringe.

From be- (“on, at, upon”) + fringe.

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Forms

befringes, befringing, befringed, befringed
Base formbefringe · to befringe
3rd person singularbefringes
Present participlebefringing
Past simplebefringed
Past participlebefringed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybefringe
he, she, itbefringes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbefringed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill befringe

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beforeA1beforehandC1befriendbefuddlebegA2beget
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