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- verb transitive, obsolete To
fly about; fly from;shun ;escape .
Etymologies
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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").
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