Bedrift

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To drift about; drift around. ambitransitive

    "The disowned of all parties, the rejected and foolishly bedrifted hither and thither, to what corner of Nature can he now drift with advantage?"

Example

More examples

"The disowned of all parties, the rejected and foolishly bedrifted hither and thither, to what corner of Nature can he now drift with advantage?"

Etymology

From be- (“about, around”) + drift.

More for "bedrift"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.