Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befree
Participle: befreed
Gerund: befreeing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | befree |
| you | befree |
| he;she;it | befrees |
| we | befree |
| you | befree |
| they | befree |
Perfect
| I | have befreed |
| you | have befreed |
| he;she;it | has befreed |
| we | have befreed |
| you | have befreed |
| they | have befreed |
Past
| I | befreed |
| you | befreed |
| he;she;it | befreed |
| we | befreed |
| you | befreed |
| they | befreed |
Pluperfect
| I | had befreed |
| you | had befreed |
| he;she;it | had befreed |
| we | had befreed |
| you | had befreed |
| they | had befreed |
Future
| I | will befree |
| you | will befree |
| he;she;it | will befree |
| we | will befree |
| you | will befree |
| they | will befree |
Future Perfect
| I | will have befreed |
| you | will have befreed |
| he;she;it | will have befreed |
| we | will have befreed |
| you | will have befreed |
| they | will have befreed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befree |
| you | befree |
| he;she;it | befree |
| we | befree |
| you | befree |
| they | befree |
Perfect
| I | have befreed |
| you | have befreed |
| he;she;it | have befreed |
| we | have befreed |
| you | have befreed |
| they | have befreed |
Imperfect
| I | befreed |
| you | befreed |
| he;she;it | befreed |
| we | befreed |
| you | befreed |
| they | befreed |
Pluperfect
| I | had befreed |
| you | had befreed |
| he;she;it | had befreed |
| we | had befreed |
| you | had befreed |
| they | had befreed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befree |
| you | would befree |
| he;she;it | would befree |
| we | would befree |
| you | would befree |
| they | would befree |
Perfect
| I | would have befreed |
| you | would have befreed |
| he;she;it | would have befreed |
| we | would have befreed |
| you | would have befreed |
| they | would have befreed |
Imperative
| you | befree |
| we | Let's befree |
| you | befree |
Verbs conjugated like 'befree'
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 'befree'
beflee,
becreep,
befie,
befile,
beflea,
beframe,
begreet,
belee,
bere,
berede,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to give freedom to; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses
- deliver, disentangle, extricate, free, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, release, set free, turn loose, unleash
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *befreen, *bifreen, from Old English befrēoġan (“to free, liberate”); equivalent to be- + free. Cognate with West Frisian befrije (“to liberate”), Dutch bevrijden (“to liberate, deliver”), German befreien (“to set free, liberate”), Swedish befria (“to liberate, free, deliver”). See: Dutch '
bevrijden', German, old spelling '
befreien', Swedish '
befria'.
Verbs referencing "befree"
German, old spelling
befreien, Swedish
befria.
Sample Sentences
-
Such is the fascinating future for Russia in the event of the establishment and welding of the befreed Russian Nation into a strong and firm democratic State. [1917, Massachusetts. Constitutional convention, Journal...:]
-
They helped rather the big industrialists than to befree the poors from the yoke of the money-lenders. [1975, Asia Institute, Asian perspectives, Hague, Netherlands:]