Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to befruit
Participle: befruited
Gerund: befruiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | befruit |
| you | befruit |
| he;she;it | befruits |
| we | befruit |
| you | befruit |
| they | befruit |
Perfect
| I | have befruited |
| you | have befruited |
| he;she;it | has befruited |
| we | have befruited |
| you | have befruited |
| they | have befruited |
Past
| I | befruited |
| you | befruited |
| he;she;it | befruited |
| we | befruited |
| you | befruited |
| they | befruited |
Pluperfect
| I | had befruited |
| you | had befruited |
| he;she;it | had befruited |
| we | had befruited |
| you | had befruited |
| they | had befruited |
Future
| I | will befruit |
| you | will befruit |
| he;she;it | will befruit |
| we | will befruit |
| you | will befruit |
| they | will befruit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have befruited |
| you | will have befruited |
| he;she;it | will have befruited |
| we | will have befruited |
| you | will have befruited |
| they | will have befruited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | befruit |
| you | befruit |
| he;she;it | befruit |
| we | befruit |
| you | befruit |
| they | befruit |
Perfect
| I | have befruited |
| you | have befruited |
| he;she;it | have befruited |
| we | have befruited |
| you | have befruited |
| they | have befruited |
Imperfect
| I | befruited |
| you | befruited |
| he;she;it | befruited |
| we | befruited |
| you | befruited |
| they | befruited |
Pluperfect
| I | had befruited |
| you | had befruited |
| he;she;it | had befruited |
| we | had befruited |
| you | had befruited |
| they | had befruited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would befruit |
| you | would befruit |
| he;she;it | would befruit |
| we | would befruit |
| you | would befruit |
| they | would befruit |
Perfect
| I | would have befruited |
| you | would have befruited |
| he;she;it | would have befruited |
| we | would have befruited |
| you | would have befruited |
| they | would have befruited |
Imperative
| you | befruit |
| we | Let's befruit |
| you | befruit |
Verbs conjugated like 'befruit'
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 'befruit'
befit,
befrost,
besuit,
betrust,
bruit,
fruit,
recruit,
becut,
bedoubt,
bedrift,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From be- (“upon, about, all over”) + fruit.
Sample Sentences
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I present to Thee these new children, with whom Thou hast so quickly befruited it and also my desire that they receive holy Baptism, since they have already been instructed in the faith. [1902, María de Jesús (de Agreda, sor), Mystical City of God:]
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A fresh young Germany must be planted here and there across the seas. We shall befruit it... with the outcome of our toils and struggles, beget and bring up noblest children, children like unto the gods. [1951, Jay H. Cerf, The Intellectual Basis of Nazism, page 115:]
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This, shown by blood in an awful wattle at my groin, and numerous barberries of it befruiting my chest's long scrape — but notwithstanding at he now coursing through my sex's pretty bit, I perforce must help prop A. […] [1978, Antæus, page 91:]
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The dipper rushed to her aid and caught her, asking the slightly inebriated glass if he could "befruit" her, or deposit some sweet pieces of fruit into the glass. [2008, Sandro Del-Prete, Annemarie Koch, The Master of Illusions: Pictures to Ponder from a Visual Virtuoso:]