"besay" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English besayen",
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        "2": "biseggen"
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        "3": "beseċġan",
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        "5": "to announce, introduce; defend, excuse oneself; accuse"
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      "expansion": "Old English beseċġan (“to announce, introduce; defend, excuse oneself; accuse”)",
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        "3": "*bisagjaną"
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        "1": "en",
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        "t1": "about, concerning, across"
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      "expansion": "be- (“about, concerning, across”) + say",
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        "2": "bezeggen"
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      "expansion": "Dutch bezeggen",
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        "2": "besagen",
        "t": "to say"
      },
      "expansion": "German besagen (“to say”)",
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  "etymology_text": "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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      "form": "besays",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "besaying",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besaid",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "besaid",
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        "past"
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        {
          "ref": "1925, Albert Payson Terhune, Najib",
          "text": "\"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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Philip Auslander, Performance: Media and technology",
          "text": "The 'besaid' are articulate with words and with silence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Lara Elf Princess Prendville, Screams BeNeath Pandora",
          "text": "\"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.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare."
      ],
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          "say",
          "say"
        ],
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          "relay",
          "relay"
        ],
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          "signify",
          "signify"
        ],
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "besay"
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      "expansion": "Middle English besayen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "biseggen"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
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        "2": "bezeggen"
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      "expansion": "Dutch bezeggen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "besagen",
        "t": "to say"
      },
      "expansion": "German besagen (“to say”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "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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        "present",
        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "besaying",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "besaid",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "besaid",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms prefixed with be-",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1925, Albert Payson Terhune, Najib",
          "text": "\"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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Philip Auslander, Performance: Media and technology",
          "text": "The 'besaid' are articulate with words and with silence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Lara Elf Princess Prendville, Screams BeNeath Pandora",
          "text": "\"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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare."
      ],
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          "say",
          "say"
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          "relay",
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          "signify",
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        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
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