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befind

verb

Etymology

From Middle English befinden, bifinden, equivalent to be- + find. Cognate with Saterland Frisian befiende (“to be located, befind”), Dutch bevinden (“to find”), German befinden (“to be, be located”), Swedish befinna (“to find, be”).

  1. inherited from befinden

Definitions

  1. To find

    To find; discover.

    • It is well that the thinker should give his thoughts to the world, though it must be admitted that wisdom befinds itself sometimes in the reverse of the sage's pronouncement.
    • Farther in the height befinds itself […]
    • Until after a full celestial epoch, the fairest place was befound and it was bequest them.

  2. To invent

    To invent; contrive.

  3. To be found

    To be found; be.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA