Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befind
Participle: befound
Gerund: befinding
Indicative
Present
| I | befind |
| you | befind |
| he;she;it | befinds |
| we | befind |
| you | befind |
| they | befind |
Perfect
| I | have befound |
| you | have befound |
| he;she;it | has befound |
| we | have befound |
| you | have befound |
| they | have befound |
Past
| I | befound |
| you | befound |
| he;she;it | befound |
| we | befound |
| you | befound |
| they | befound |
Pluperfect
| I | had befound |
| you | had befound |
| he;she;it | had befound |
| we | had befound |
| you | had befound |
| they | had befound |
Future
| I | will befind |
| you | will befind |
| he;she;it | will befind |
| we | will befind |
| you | will befind |
| they | will befind |
Future Perfect
| I | will have befound |
| you | will have befound |
| he;she;it | will have befound |
| we | will have befound |
| you | will have befound |
| they | will have befound |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befind |
| you | befind |
| he;she;it | befind |
| we | befind |
| you | befind |
| they | befind |
Perfect
| I | have befound |
| you | have befound |
| he;she;it | have befound |
| we | have befound |
| you | have befound |
| they | have befound |
Imperfect
| I | befound |
| you | befound |
| he;she;it | befound |
| we | befound |
| you | befound |
| they | befound |
Pluperfect
| I | had befound |
| you | had befound |
| he;she;it | had befound |
| we | had befound |
| you | had befound |
| they | had befound |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befind |
| you | would befind |
| he;she;it | would befind |
| we | would befind |
| you | would befind |
| they | would befind |
Perfect
| I | would have befound |
| you | would have befound |
| he;she;it | would have befound |
| we | would have befound |
| you | would have befound |
| they | would have befound |
Imperative
| you | befind |
| we | Let's befind |
| you | befind |
Verbs conjugated like 'befind'
bind,
fight,
find,
grind,
overwind,
rebind,
regrind,
unwind,
wind,
atwind,
autowind,
befight,
befind,
bewind,
copyfight,
cryogrind,
debind,
dogfight,
fault-find,
faultfind, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'befind'
bemind,
bewind,
refind,
beblind,
befang,
befie,
befile,
befilm,
befit,
befriend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'befiende', Dutch '
bevinden', German, old spelling '
befinden', Swedish '
befinna'.
Verbs referencing "befind"
Swedish
befinna.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1898, Maurice Maeterlinck, Wisdom and Destiny, page 4:]
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Farther in the height befinds itself […] [1966, Johann Melchior Dinglinger, Joachim Menzhausen, At the court of the Great Mogul, page 52:]
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Until after a full celestial epoch, the fairest place was befound and it was bequest them. [2009, A. J. Marshall, The Bastion Prosecutor: Episode 3:]