be- /bɪ/ BrE AmE prefix
[ Language: 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 . [in adjectives] literary wearing or covered by a particular thing:
a bespectacled boy (=wearing glasses)