Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befleck
Participle: beflecked
Gerund: beflecking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | befleck |
| you | befleck |
| he;she;it | beflecks |
| we | befleck |
| you | befleck |
| they | befleck |
Perfect
| I | have beflecked |
| you | have beflecked |
| he;she;it | has beflecked |
| we | have beflecked |
| you | have beflecked |
| they | have beflecked |
Past
| I | beflecked |
| you | beflecked |
| he;she;it | beflecked |
| we | beflecked |
| you | beflecked |
| they | beflecked |
Pluperfect
| I | had beflecked |
| you | had beflecked |
| he;she;it | had beflecked |
| we | had beflecked |
| you | had beflecked |
| they | had beflecked |
Future
| I | will befleck |
| you | will befleck |
| he;she;it | will befleck |
| we | will befleck |
| you | will befleck |
| they | will befleck |
Future Perfect
| I | will have beflecked |
| you | will have beflecked |
| he;she;it | will have beflecked |
| we | will have beflecked |
| you | will have beflecked |
| they | will have beflecked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befleck |
| you | befleck |
| he;she;it | befleck |
| we | befleck |
| you | befleck |
| they | befleck |
Perfect
| I | have beflecked |
| you | have beflecked |
| he;she;it | have beflecked |
| we | have beflecked |
| you | have beflecked |
| they | have beflecked |
Imperfect
| I | beflecked |
| you | beflecked |
| he;she;it | beflecked |
| we | beflecked |
| you | beflecked |
| they | beflecked |
Pluperfect
| I | had beflecked |
| you | had beflecked |
| he;she;it | had beflecked |
| we | had beflecked |
| you | had beflecked |
| they | had beflecked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befleck |
| you | would befleck |
| he;she;it | would befleck |
| we | would befleck |
| you | would befleck |
| they | would befleck |
Perfect
| I | would have beflecked |
| you | would have beflecked |
| he;she;it | would have beflecked |
| we | would have beflecked |
| you | would have beflecked |
| they | would have beflecked |
Imperative
| you | befleck |
| we | Let's befleck |
| you | befleck |
Verbs conjugated like 'befleck'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'befleck'
bedeck,
beflea,
beflee,
befuck,
begeck,
belick,
belock,
bewreck,
bleck,
deflect,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From be- + fleck.
Sample Sentences
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The world is filled with changeful light,
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The clouds befleck the sky,
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And o’er the fields, to harvest white,
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The trooping shadows fly. [1854, Jonathan Freke Slingsby, “A Slingsby Wedding, and the Doings Thereat”, in The Dublin University Magazine, A Literary and Political Journal, volume 44:]
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I am not of those Fairies seen
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Tripping by moonlight on the green,
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Whose dewdrop bumpers, nightly poured,
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Befleck the mushroom’s virgin board,
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[…] [1867, James Russell Lowell, “Hob Gobbling’s Song”, in Our Young Folks, volume 3:]
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Soon the heaps of rags become transformed into dark shapeless masses, patches of black which befleck the rosy gray of the enchanted city; but ever and anon a cough or a groan may be heard, and sometimes a leg or an arm protrudes from the ragged heap and stretches itself quiveringly into the air. [1903, Pierre Loti, India:]
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The buttercups befleck the hills with gold,
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The bluejay calls, the lusty robin sings;
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I look across the landscape and, behold!
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The birds have brought the Southland on their wings. [1906, Nixon Waterman, “The Year’s Procession”, in Appleton’s Magazine, volume 8:]