besee

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verb

To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.

OriginMiddle English beseen ← Old English besēon ← Proto-West Germanic *bisehwan →
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Meanings

verbbesee (third-person singular simple present besees, present participle beseeing, simple past besaw, past participle beseen)

present singular third person besees · participle present beseeing · past besaw · participle past beseen

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
care for

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*bisehwaną“to look, besee”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*bisehwan
  3. Old Englishbesēon“to see, look, look around, behold, observe, look after, go to see, visit, provide for”
  4. Middle Englishbeseen
  5. Englishbesee

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”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “besee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/besee.

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