beflag

American

[bih-flag] / bɪˈflæg /

verb (used with object)

beflagged, beflagging

to cover or deck with flags. flag.

Etymology

Origin of beflag

First recorded in 1880–85; be- + flag ¹

Example Sentences

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The Danish-Norwegian problem first boiled over more than a month ago when a semi-official Norwegian body known as the Arctic Council suddenly announced that Denmark was about to send an expedition to explore East Greenland, sounded an alarm that the time had come for Norway to stake and beflag her claim to E. G. To this alarm the Norwegian Government remained deaf, ostensibly at least, thus conciliating the Danish Government.

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