Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befeather
Participle: befeathered
Gerund: befeathering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | befeather |
| you | befeather |
| he;she;it | befeathers |
| we | befeather |
| you | befeather |
| they | befeather |
Perfect
| I | have befeathered |
| you | have befeathered |
| he;she;it | has befeathered |
| we | have befeathered |
| you | have befeathered |
| they | have befeathered |
Past
| I | befeathered |
| you | befeathered |
| he;she;it | befeathered |
| we | befeathered |
| you | befeathered |
| they | befeathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had befeathered |
| you | had befeathered |
| he;she;it | had befeathered |
| we | had befeathered |
| you | had befeathered |
| they | had befeathered |
Future
| I | will befeather |
| you | will befeather |
| he;she;it | will befeather |
| we | will befeather |
| you | will befeather |
| they | will befeather |
Future Perfect
| I | will have befeathered |
| you | will have befeathered |
| he;she;it | will have befeathered |
| we | will have befeathered |
| you | will have befeathered |
| they | will have befeathered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befeather |
| you | befeather |
| he;she;it | befeather |
| we | befeather |
| you | befeather |
| they | befeather |
Perfect
| I | have befeathered |
| you | have befeathered |
| he;she;it | have befeathered |
| we | have befeathered |
| you | have befeathered |
| they | have befeathered |
Imperfect
| I | befeathered |
| you | befeathered |
| he;she;it | befeathered |
| we | befeathered |
| you | befeathered |
| they | befeathered |
Pluperfect
| I | had befeathered |
| you | had befeathered |
| he;she;it | had befeathered |
| we | had befeathered |
| you | had befeathered |
| they | had befeathered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befeather |
| you | would befeather |
| he;she;it | would befeather |
| we | would befeather |
| you | would befeather |
| they | would befeather |
Perfect
| I | would have befeathered |
| you | would have befeathered |
| he;she;it | would have befeathered |
| we | would have befeathered |
| you | would have befeathered |
| they | would have befeathered |
Imperative
| you | befeather |
| we | Let's befeather |
| you | befeather |
Verbs conjugated like 'befeather'
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 'befeather'
defeather,
befetter,
beflatter,
begather,
beslather,
feather,
unfeather,
bebathe,
bebother,
beflutter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From be- + feather.
Sample Sentences
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The men were not ill made, but they disfigured themselves with grease and coarse paint; they were of a dark copper-colour, with lank black hair, which they tied in a knot behind; but they so bepowdered, or rather befeathered it with down, that the colour was hardly discernible […] [1785, John Rickman, Journal of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage, to the Pacific Ocean: on Discovery, London: E. Newbery, Part 2, pp. 223-224:]
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In fact, Grace found it very difficult to find a milliner who, if left to her own devices, would not befeather and beflower her past all self-recognition, giving to her that generally betousled and fly-away air which comes straight from the demi-monde of Paris. [1871, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 25, in Pink and White Tyranny, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 291:]
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They were making a human fetish doll out of clay, painting and befeathering it, offering yuca to it. [2001, Leonard Clark, The Rivers Ran East:]