English Explanatory Dictionary

besee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
  2. To look to; see to; attend to; care for; take care of; provide for; treat; arrange.
  3. To look about oneself; look to oneself.

Word forms

besee besees beseeing besaw beseen

Etymology

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”).

Derived words

beseen gaybeseen well-beseen
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