English Explanatory Dictionary

besay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare.

Word forms

besay besays besaying besaid

Etymology

From Middle English besayen, biseggen, from Old English beseċġan (“to announce, introduce; defend, excuse oneself; accuse”), from Proto-Germanic *bisagjaną, equivalent to be- (“about, concerning, across”) + say. Cognate with Dutch bezeggen, German besagen (“to say”).

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