be-

be- [bı] prefix

[: Old English; Origin: bi-, be-]

1.) [in verbs]

used to mean that someone or something is treated in a particular way

▪ Don't belittle him (=say he is unimportant) .

▪ He befriended me (=became my friend)

2.) literary [in adjectives]

wearing or covered by a particular thing

▪ a bespectacled boy (=wearing glasses)