(dialectal or obsolete) To fight against; contend; do battle with.
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Origin of Befight
From Middle English *befighten, *befeghten, from Old English befeohtan (“to take by fighting”), equivalent to be- + fight. Cognate with Dutchbevechten (“to fight, combat”), Middle High German bevehten.
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