befind

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To find; discover. archaic,transitive
    — 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.
  2. To invent; contrive. obsolete,transitive
  3. To be found; be. obsolete

词形变化

befinds present,singular,third-person befinding participle,present befound participle,past befound past

词源

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”).
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