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besee

besee verb: to look at; see; mind; regard; favour.

Verb

besee (third-person singular simple present besees, present participle beseeing, simple past besaw, past participle beseen)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To look to; see to; attend to; care for; take care of; provide for; treat; arrange.
  3. (dialectal, reflexive) To look about oneself; look to oneself.

Forms of besee

third-person singular presentbesees
present participlebeseeing
pastbesaw
past participlebeseen

Origin of besee

From Middle English beseen, from Old English besēon (“to see, look, look around, behold, observe, look after, go to see, visit, provide for”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisehwan, from Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (“to look, besee”), equivalent to be- + see. Cognate with Dutch bezien (“to look at, review”), German besehen (“to have a look at, inspect”), Danish bese (“to inspect”).

Words formed from besee

Words that rhyme with besee

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Questions about besee

What does besee mean?
Besee means to look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
What part of speech is besee?
Besee is a verb.
What is the past tense of besee?
The past tense of besee is besaw.

Words near besee in the dictionary

  1. beseating
  2. beseats
  3. beseche
  4. Besecker
  5. Beseckers
  6. besee
  7. beseech
  8. beseeched
  9. beseecher
  10. beseechers
  11. beseeches

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