befight

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *befighten, *befeghten, from Old English befeohtan (“to take by fighting”), equivalent to be- +‎ fight. Cognate with Dutch bevechten (“to fight, combat”), Middle High German bevehten. === Verb === befight (third-person singular simple present befights, present participle befighting, simple past and past participle befought) (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of by fighting. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To fight against; contend; do battle with.