| 释义 |
beˈsee, v. Obs. or arch.
[Common. Teut.: OE. biséon, beséon = OS., OHG. bisehan, Goth. bisaihwan:—OTeut. *bisehwan, f. bi, be- + *sehwan, in OE. séon to see, which see for forms.]
I.
†1. intr. To look about, to look (in any direction); to see. Obs.
c1000ælfric Gen. xviii. 2 Abraham beseah upp and ᵹeseah þri weras standende. c1200Moral Ode 19 in O.E. Misc. 58 Ne may ich bi-seo me bi-fore for smoke. a1225St. Marher. 6 Heo biseh up on heh. a1240Sawles Warde in Lamb. Hom. 253 To..biseon on hare grimfule..nebbes.
b. fig. To look to, give heed to, attend to.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 125 He bise to us and giue us..mihte him to understonde. a1240Ureisun in Lamb. Hom. 195 Ilch mon þet to þe bisihð þu ȝiuest milce and ore.
†2. refl. To look about oneself, look round. Obs.
c1000ælfric Gen. xxiv. 63 Þa he hine beseah þa ᵹeseah he olfendas þyder weard. c1000Ags. Gosp. Mark ix. 8 Sona ða hi besawon hi.
b. fig. To look to oneself, take heed to oneself, consider.
a1225Ancr. R. 132 Heo mot wel biseon hire, & biholden hire ilchere half. c1230Hali Meid. 33 Bisih þe seli meiden. 1297R. Glouc. 505 The king ne ssolde king leng be, Then holi Thorsdai at non, bote he wolde him bet bise. 1382Wyclif Matt. xxvii. 5 What to vs? bise thee. 1388― Acts xviii. 15 Bisee ȝou silf. 1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle i. xxi. (1859) 22 That I myght haue leyser to bysene my self.
†3. trans. To look at, look to, behold; to see. Obs.
c1000Ags. Psalter lxxix. [lxxx.] 14 Gehweorf nu..and beseoh winᵹeard þisne. c1175Cott. Hom. 231 Gief he fend wére . me sceolden..stiarne hine besié . and binde him. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2141 [He] bad him al his lond bisen. 1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle ii. xlv. (1859) 52 Al these pilgrims ne wylle not..euery daye besene their owne self in a good myrrour.
b. fig. To regard, attend to, give heed to.
a1225Juliana 57 Vnseli mon, bisih þe hei godd. 1297R. Glouc. 456 Þre þynges he mot bysee atte bygynnyng. a1300E.E. Psalter v. 2 Myne wordes, Laverd, with eres by-se.
†4. To see to, provide for, attend to; hence, to deal with, treat, use (well or ill). Obs.
c1300K. Alis. 4605 Foundelynges weore they two, That heore lord by-sayen so. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxiii. 201 Lo, hou elde þe hore haþ me byseye. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 507 Euele thai gonnen him bisen. c1500Prymer in Maskell Mon. Rit. II. 45 note, Thus thei biseien foule, oure lord king of grace. 1596Spenser F.Q., Mutab. i. 11 Ah! gentle Mole, such ioyance hath thee well beseene.
†5. To provide, arrange, ordain, determine. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1411 Quan god haueð it so bi-sen, Alse he sendet, als it sal ben. Ibid. 1313 God sal bisen, Quor of ðe ofrende sal ben. 1297R. Glouc. 422 Þe Sonday he was ycrouned..as hys conseyl bysay. c1305St. Swithin 103 in E.E.P. (1862) 46 Þat oure louerd hit haþ biseȝe þat mie bodi schal beo ido In churche in an heȝe stede.
II. Later uses of the pa. pple. beseen, with qualifying adv. or phrase. Two notions here come in: 1. Seen, as in ‘well-beseen’ = seen to look well; 2. Provided, as in ‘beseen of such power.’
†6. Seen, viewed; having an appearance, looking. well-beseen: good looking, well favoured. Obs.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 167 Meny a fressh lady, and maydyn bryght, Full wele byseyn. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 51 The squier come from a uiage that he hadde ben atte, fresshe and iolyly beseen. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 283 Hymself should ryde in a chairette moste goodly beseen. [1678Phillips, App., Besey (old word), of good aspect.]
7. Appearing in respect of dress, etc.; dressed, apparelled, appointed; furnished. Obs. or arch.
c1450Floure & Leafe 169 More richly beseene, by many fold She was..in every maner thing. c1500Dunbar Thistle & Rose 45 Full hestely besene, In serk and mantill after her I went. 1530Palsgr. 423, I am besene, I am well or yvell apareylled. 1533in Arb. Garner II. 47 Well beseen in velvet. 1629Holland Cyrvpædia (1632) 15 Himselfe also in person, all royally beseene, was present.
8. Appearing as to accomplishments; furnished; informed, versed, read, accomplished. arch.
1393Gower Conf. I. 341 How that her kinges be besein Of suche a power. c1565R. Lindsay Chron. Scotl. (1728) 12 Prudent men, well beseen in histories both old and new. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 509 Rhetoricke wherein he is well beseene. 1591Spenser Tears Muses 180, I late was wont to..maske in mirth with Graces well beseene. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 380 Each seemed a glorious queen, With all that wondrous daintiness beseen.
9. Of things, in senses analogous to 6, 7. arch.
c1386Chaucer Clerk's T. 909 Thogh thyn array be badde, and yuel biseye. 1430Lydg. Story Thebes 33 To a chamber she led him..Ful wel beseine. a1440Sire Degrev. 1686 [The]re gay gownus of grene [We]re ful schamely be-sene. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 224 Set in meddow greene With pleasant flowers all faire beseene. a1850Wordsw. Cuckoo & Night. lvii, Under a maple that is well beseen.
†b. Hence best beseen: best attire. Obs.
1602Carew Cornwall (1723) 137 b, The Curate in his best beseene, solemnly receued him at the Churchyard stile. |