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beseen

beseen adjective: furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped. Also the past participle of besee.

Adjective

beseen (comparative more beseen, superlative most beseen)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) Furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped.
    • Kyng Arthur was ledde vnto a chamber, a rycher besene chamber sawe he neuer none1470–1485 (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...
  2. (archaic) Accomplished; versed.
    • that could his good to all, and well did ween,
      How each to entertain with court'sie well beseen.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Also used as

beseen is also the past participle of besee.

Forms of beseen

comparativemore beseen
superlativemost beseen

Origin of beseen

From Middle English besene, besein, past participle of besee (“to see to, provide”), equivalent to be- + seen. See besee.

From besee.

Words formed from beseen

Words that rhyme with beseen

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Questions about beseen

What does beseen mean?
Beseen means furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped.
What part of speech is beseen?
Beseen is an adjective.

Words near beseen in the dictionary

  1. beseemingly
  2. beseemingness
  3. beseemings
  4. beseemly
  5. beseems
  6. beseen
  7. besees
  8. beselve
  9. besend
  10. besequined
  11. besequinned

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