different between refile vs befile

English

Etymology

re- +? file

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Verb

refile (third-person singular simple present refiles, present participle refiling, simple past and past participle refiled)

1. (transitive) To file again or differently.

   Let's refile those papers under Miscellaneous.

Anagrams

• Leifer, e-filer, liefer, relfie, relief, relife

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: refilent, refiles

Verb

refile

1. first-person singular present indicative of refiler
2. third-person singular present indicative of refiler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of refiler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of refiler
5. second-person singular imperative of refiler

Spanish

Verb

refile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of refilar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of refilar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of refilar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of refilar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English befilen, from Old English bef?lan (“to befoul, defile, make dirty”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *f?lijan? (“to make foul”), equivalent to be- +? file. Cognate with Scots befile (“to befile”), Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”). See also defile.

Verb

befile (third-person singular simple present befiles, present participle befiling, simple past and past participle befiled)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil.

Related terms

Anagrams

• belfie, belief