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besort

/bɪˈsɔː(ɹ)t/

besort verb: to suit; fit; become.

Verb

besort (third-person singular simple present besorts, present participle besorting, simple past and past participle besorted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To suit; fit; become.
    • such men as may besort your agec. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Noun

besort (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Something fitting or appropriate; suitable company, associates, or attendants.
    • With such accommodation and besort / As levels with her breeding.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

besort meaning in Bengali

besort in Bengali

মানানসই হওয়া, উপযুক্ত হওয়া, হওয়া, মানানসই, উপযুক্ত কিছু, উপযুক্ত সঙ্গী

Forms of besort

third-person singular presentbesorts
present participlebesorting
past participlebesorted
pastbesorted

Origin of besort

From be- + sort.

Questions about besort

What does besort mean?
Besort means to suit; fit; become.
What is besort in Bengali?
Besort in Bengali is মানানসই হওয়া, উপযুক্ত হওয়া, হওয়া. See Besort meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is besort?
Besort can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce besort?
Besort is pronounced /bɪˈsɔː(ɹ)t/.
What is the past tense of besort?
The past tense of besort is besorted.

Words near besort in the dictionary

  1. besoothe
  2. besoothed
  3. besoothes
  4. besoothing
  5. besorrow
  6. besort
  7. besorted
  8. besorting
  9. besorts
  10. besot
  11. besotment

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: besort (page history and authors); besort (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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