befold

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop. transitive
    — And when I rant and rave and raise hell about the power structure and about slaverytood, and nigratood, and nigraism, and everything else that befolds me being a black woman every day, I still love people.

词形变化

befolds present,singular,third-person befolding participle,present befolded past befeld obsolete,past befolded participle,past befeld obsolete,participle,past befolden obsolete,participle,past

词源

From Middle English bifealden, bevealden, from Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) + fold. Cognate with Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”).
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