"besit" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: besits [present, singular, third-person], besitting [participle, present], besat [past], besat [participle, past], besitten [archaic, participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle English besitten, from Old English besittan (“to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess”), From Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- + sit. Cognate with Dutch bezitten, German besitzen, Norwegian Bokmål besitte, Danish besidde, Swedish besitta, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|besitten}} Middle English besitten, {{inh|en|ang|besittan||to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess}} Old English besittan (“to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bisitjaną||to sit near, sit among or around}} Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), {{prefix|en|be|sit}} be- + sit, {{cog|nl|bezitten}} Dutch bezitten, {{cog|de|besitzen}} German besitzen, {{cog|nb|besitte}} Norwegian Bokmål besitte, {{cog|da|besidde}} Danish besidde, {{cog|sv|besitta}} Swedish besitta, {{cog|got|𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan) Head templates: {{en-verb|besits|besitting|besat|past_ptc2=besitten|past_ptc2_qual=archaic}} besit (third-person singular simple present besits, present participle besitting, simple past besat, past participle besat or (archaic) besitten)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To sit around; sit about; besiege. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-besit-en-verb-sfVGYRx6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 15 3
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To sit upon. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-besit-en-verb-5eHBf~Pv Categories (other): English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 32 53 15
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-besit-en-verb-fqHZB-V0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: beset

Inflected forms

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