"besorrow" meaning in English

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        "2": "besoargje",
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      "expansion": "West Frisian besoargje (“to provide, deliver”)",
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    },
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    },
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        "2": "besörja",
        "t": "to deal with, attend to"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish besörja (“to deal with, attend to”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bisorȝen, from Old English besorgian (“to regret; be anxious about, dread, shrink from”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisorgōn, equivalent to be- + sorrow. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bisúurgje (“to obtain, get, take care of”), West Frisian besoargje (“to provide, deliver”), Dutch bezorgen (“to provide, deliver, take care of”), German besorgen (“to procure, acquire, attend to, take care of”), Swedish besörja (“to deal with, attend to”).",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "besorrowed",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "besorrowed",
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          "ref": "1776, Sir David Lindsay, The works of ... Sir David Lindsay of the Mount",
          "text": "Then to the woman, for her offence, God did pronounce this sore sentence: All pleasure that you had'st besorrow Shall changed be in lasting sorrow.",
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        {
          "ref": "1884, John Ames Mitchell, Life",
          "text": "The land of the West holds a maiden sweet, And the fairest face has she; But, oh! she has also Chicago feet, And that's what besorrows me.",
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        {
          "ref": "1931, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal",
          "text": "Oh, heart of man, when griefs deep scar\nPloughs through thy and sand,\nWhen soul and sense besorrowed are,\nLead, lark of love, 'yond sun and star; […]",
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          "ref": "1996, Wolfram Wilss, Knowledge and Skills in Translator Behavior",
          "text": "Dear Peter, newly was I with the car in the town to besorrow me this and that for the holidays.",
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        "To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad."
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          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1884, John Ames Mitchell, Life",
          "text": "The land of the West holds a maiden sweet, And the fairest face has she; But, oh! she has also Chicago feet, And that's what besorrows me.",
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          "ref": "1931, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal",
          "text": "Oh, heart of man, when griefs deep scar\nPloughs through thy and sand,\nWhen soul and sense besorrowed are,\nLead, lark of love, 'yond sun and star; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
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