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Befell
- verb - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
- happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
Befits
- verb - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
Befogs
- verb - make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
Befool
- verb - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
- make a fool or dupe of
Before
- adverb - at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross of Jesus marching on before"
- earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"
Befoul
- verb - spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Begets
- verb - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
Beggar
- noun - a pauper who lives by begging
- be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"
- Mendicant
- reduce to beggary
Begged
- verb - ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"
- call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
- dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"
- make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"
Begild
- verb - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold