The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty. / That which makes or has been made soiled.

plural of befoulment

(informal) Used to draw attention to a possible double entendre in the immediately preceding utterance of another speaker.

(nonstandard, pseudo-archaic, hypercorrect) Alternative form of pride comes before a fall

plural of beforemath

What precedes or produces a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.

(idiomatic) To break new ground.

simple past tense and past participle of befortune

present participle of befortune

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befortune