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besay

verb

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”).

  1. inherited from *bisagjaną✻
  2. inherited from beseċġan
  3. inherited from besayen

Definitions

  1. To say about (someone or something)

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

    • "Laughter," reproved Najib, cut to the soul by his chief's ridicule, "laughter is for hyenas — and for women! as I have besaid of often.
    • The 'besaid' are articulate with words and with silence.
    • "How did this Elf child come to be here, Luna?", Methusem besaid. "I granted their ship permission to berth in the bay," Luna projected this with apology.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA