Befind
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Befind is a verb meaning (transitive, archaic) To find; discover.
Meaning
(transitive, archaic) To find; discover.
More Meanings
- (transitive, obsolete) To invent; contrive.
- (passive voice, obsolete) To be found; be.
Example Sentences
Farther in the height befinds itself […]
Until after a full celestial epoch, the fairest place was befound and it was bequest them.
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.
Word Forms
- befinds
- befinding
- befound
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include invent, develop, come on, locate, occur, rediscover.
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