"befly" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English biflien",
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        "3": "beflēogan",
        "t": "to fly upon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English beflēogan (“to fly upon”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "bevliegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch bevliegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "befliegen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to fly on"
      },
      "expansion": "German befliegen (“to fly on”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "beflyve",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to operate"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish beflyve (“to operate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English biflien, from Old English beflēogan (“to fly upon”), equivalent be- + fly. Cognate with Dutch bevliegen, German befliegen (“to fly on”), Danish beflyve (“to operate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beflies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beflying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beflew",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beflown",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "beflew",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "beflying"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fly about; fly from; shun; escape."
      ],
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          "fly",
          "fly"
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          "shun",
          "shun"
        ],
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          "escape",
          "escape"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To fly about; fly from; shun; escape."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "beflee"
        }
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "befly"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beflying"
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Middle English biflien",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "beflēogan",
        "t": "to fly upon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English beflēogan (“to fly upon”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "be",
        "3": "fly"
      },
      "expansion": "be- + fly",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "bevliegen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch bevliegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "befliegen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to fly on"
      },
      "expansion": "German befliegen (“to fly on”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "beflyve",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to operate"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish beflyve (“to operate”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English biflien, from Old English beflēogan (“to fly upon”), equivalent be- + fly. Cognate with Dutch bevliegen, German befliegen (“to fly on”), Danish beflyve (“to operate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beflies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beflying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "beflew",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beflown",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "pos": "verb",
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    }
  ],
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        "To fly about; fly from; shun; escape."
      ],
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          "shun",
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To fly about; fly from; shun; escape."
      ],
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  "word": "befly"
}