Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befold
Participle: befolded
Gerund: befolding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | befold |
| you | befold |
| he;she;it | befolds |
| we | befold |
| you | befold |
| they | befold |
Perfect
| I | have befolded |
| you | have befolded |
| he;she;it | has befolded |
| we | have befolded |
| you | have befolded |
| they | have befolded |
Past
| I | befolded |
| you | befolded |
| he;she;it | befolded |
| we | befolded |
| you | befolded |
| they | befolded |
Pluperfect
| I | had befolded |
| you | had befolded |
| he;she;it | had befolded |
| we | had befolded |
| you | had befolded |
| they | had befolded |
Future
| I | will befold |
| you | will befold |
| he;she;it | will befold |
| we | will befold |
| you | will befold |
| they | will befold |
Future Perfect
| I | will have befolded |
| you | will have befolded |
| he;she;it | will have befolded |
| we | will have befolded |
| you | will have befolded |
| they | will have befolded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befold |
| you | befold |
| he;she;it | befold |
| we | befold |
| you | befold |
| they | befold |
Perfect
| I | have befolded |
| you | have befolded |
| he;she;it | have befolded |
| we | have befolded |
| you | have befolded |
| they | have befolded |
Imperfect
| I | befolded |
| you | befolded |
| he;she;it | befolded |
| we | befolded |
| you | befolded |
| they | befolded |
Pluperfect
| I | had befolded |
| you | had befolded |
| he;she;it | had befolded |
| we | had befolded |
| you | had befolded |
| they | had befolded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befold |
| you | would befold |
| he;she;it | would befold |
| we | would befold |
| you | would befold |
| they | would befold |
Perfect
| I | would have befolded |
| you | would have befolded |
| he;she;it | would have befolded |
| we | would have befolded |
| you | would have befolded |
| they | would have befolded |
Imperative
| you | befold |
| we | Let's befold |
| you | befold |
Verbs conjugated like 'befold'
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 'befold'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bifealden, bevealden, from Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + fold. Cognate with Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”). See: Old English '
befealdan', Old High German 'bifaltan'.
Sample Sentences
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And when I rant and rave and raise hell about the power structure and about slaverytood, and nigratood, and nigraism, and everything else that befolds me being a black woman every day, I still love people. [1974, Harrisene Jackson, There's nothing I own that I want:]
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So, brothers and sisters that is God's law and God's punishment that befolds a person who during their life does not acknowledge or feels the greatness of God and God's reality. [2002, Simon Monbaron, How to Develop Peace in the World:]
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Abo sits befolded up Shadeside of a namma hole [...] [2008, George D. Shorten, The Low Bed of a Faller:]