beseen
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːn
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English besene, besein, past participle of besee (“to see to, provide”), equivalent to be- + seen. See besee.
Adjective[edit]
beseen (comparative more beseen, superlative most beseen)
- (archaic, dialectal) Furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum 6”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book 4, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- Kyng Arthur was ledde vnto a chamber, a rycher besene chamber sawe he neuer none
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (archaic) Accomplished; versed.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- that could his good to all, and well did ween,
How each to entertain with court'sie well beseen.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From besee.
Verb[edit]
beseen
- past participle of besee.
Anagrams[edit]
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