befoe
English
Etymology
From be- + foeCategory:English terms prefixed with be-#FOE, modelled after befriend.
Verb
befoe (third-person singular simple present befoes, present participle befoeing, simple past and past participle befoed)Category:English lemmas#BEFOECategory:English verbs#BEFOECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEFOECategory:Pages with entries#BEFOECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BEFOE
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEFOECategory:English intransitive verbs#BEFOE) To make or become a foe.
- 2008, John Tarolli, Road Warriors:
- Take it from me; it is helpful to remain buoyant when identifying fish to befriend or "befoe."Category:English terms with quotations#BEFOE
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BEFOECategory:English intransitive verbs#BEFOE) To treat or behave as a foe; be hostile towards.
- 1874, Andrew Archibald Paton, Henry Beyle (otherwise de Stendahl):
- What will the great coming Russian revolution do? Will it destroy the aristocracy, as in France, or will it leave it standing? Will it befriend or befoe the large non-Russian element of the western provinces?Category:English terms with quotations#BEFOE
- 1953, Charlotte Ida McDow Rodman, The McDow family in America:
- M. C. Witherspoon in the presence of each other Witnessed the due execution thereof. J. J. McMullan Sworn to befoe me this 21st day of Jan. 1842.Category:English terms with quotations#BEFOE