befight
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To deprive of by fighting.
- (transitive) To fight against; contend; do battle with.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *befeghten, *befighten inherited from Old English befeohtan (take by fighting) prefix from English fight.
Origin
English
fight
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- armored combat fight English
- armoured combat fight English
- barfight English
- bitch fight English
- bitchfight English
- bullfight English
- bun fight English
- bunfight English
- catfight English
- cockfight English
- dogfight English
- fight English
- fightability English
- fightable English
- fightback English
- fighter English
- fightest English
- fighteth English
- fighting English
- fightwite English
- fightworthy English
- fighty English
- firefight English
- fistfight English
- forfight English
- gunfight English
- infight English
- megafight English
- outfight English
- piefight English
- postfight English
- prefight English
- prizefight English
- refight English
- sexfight English
- snowfight English
- streetfight English
- superfight English
- swordfight English
- bevechten Dutch, Flemish
- vechten Dutch, Flemish
- befeohtan Old English
- feohtan Old English
- *befeghten, *befighten Middle English
- fighten Middle English
- fajt Serbo-Croatian
- payts Cebuano
- bevechten Middle Dutch
- beveg Afrikaans
- ファイト Korean
- paitim Tok Pisin
- feti Sranan Tongo
- faet Pijin
- fight
- fighty
- fighter
- refight
- infight
- bunfight
- forfight
- dogfight
- fightest
- catfight
- fighting
- piefight
- fighteth
- barfight
- sexfight
- prefight
- gunfight
- outfight
- bun fight
- postfight
- megafight
- firefight
- cockfight
- fistfight
- fightable
- bullfight
- snowfight
- fightwite
- fightback
- swordfight
- bitchfight
- prizefight
- superfight
- streetfight
- fightworthy
- bitch fight
- fightability
- armored combat fight
- armoured combat fight