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Befalling
- 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)
Befitting
- verb - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
- appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"
Befogging
- verb - make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
Befooling
- verb - derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent
- fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
- make a fool or dupe of
Befouling
- verb - spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Begetting
- verb - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
Beggaring
- verb - be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"
- reduce to beggary
Begilding
- verb - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Beginning
- verb - achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
- begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property beg