Befight

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of by fighting. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To fight against; contend; do battle with. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English *befighten, *befeghten, from Old English befeohtan (“to take by fighting”), equivalent to be- + fight. Cognate with Dutch bevechten (“to fight, combat”), Middle High German bevehten.

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