Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befile
Participle: befiled
Gerund: befiling
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | befile |
| you | befile |
| he;she;it | befiles |
| we | befile |
| you | befile |
| they | befile |
Perfect
| I | have befiled |
| you | have befiled |
| he;she;it | has befiled |
| we | have befiled |
| you | have befiled |
| they | have befiled |
Past
| I | befiled |
| you | befiled |
| he;she;it | befiled |
| we | befiled |
| you | befiled |
| they | befiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had befiled |
| you | had befiled |
| he;she;it | had befiled |
| we | had befiled |
| you | had befiled |
| they | had befiled |
Future
| I | will befile |
| you | will befile |
| he;she;it | will befile |
| we | will befile |
| you | will befile |
| they | will befile |
Future Perfect
| I | will have befiled |
| you | will have befiled |
| he;she;it | will have befiled |
| we | will have befiled |
| you | will have befiled |
| they | will have befiled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befile |
| you | befile |
| he;she;it | befile |
| we | befile |
| you | befile |
| they | befile |
Perfect
| I | have befiled |
| you | have befiled |
| he;she;it | have befiled |
| we | have befiled |
| you | have befiled |
| they | have befiled |
Imperfect
| I | befiled |
| you | befiled |
| he;she;it | befiled |
| we | befiled |
| you | befiled |
| they | befiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had befiled |
| you | had befiled |
| he;she;it | had befiled |
| we | had befiled |
| you | had befiled |
| they | had befiled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befile |
| you | would befile |
| he;she;it | would befile |
| we | would befile |
| you | would befile |
| they | would befile |
Perfect
| I | would have befiled |
| you | would have befiled |
| he;she;it | would have befiled |
| we | would have befiled |
| you | would have befiled |
| they | would have befiled |
Imperative
| you | befile |
| we | Let's befile |
| you | befile |
Verbs conjugated like 'befile'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'befile'
befie,
befilm,
bewile,
defile,
refile,
affile,
baffle,
beagle,
bedole,
beetle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make physically dirty
- assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, bedizen, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, contaminate, darken, denigrate, dirty, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English befilen, from Old English befȳlan (“to befoul, defile, make dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *bifūlijan (“to make foul”), equivalent to be- + file. Cognate with Scots befile (“to befile”), West Frisian befûlje (“to dirty”), Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”), German Low German befulen (“to soil, pollute”). See also defile. See: Dutch '
bevuilen'.
Sample Sentences