beseev.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English biséon , beséon = Old Saxon, Old High German bisehan , Gothic bisaihwan < Germanic *bisehwan , < bi , be- prefix + *sehwan , in Old English séon to see v., which see for forms.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: beˈsee.

Obsolete or archaic.

I. Simple senses of the verb: to look at, take regard, and related uses.

†1.

a. intransitive. To look about, to look (in any direction); to see. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold

belookeOE

lookeOE

beseec1000

stareOE

showOE

beholdc1175

seec1225

heedc1275

witec1320

advisec1325

to see to ——a1375

rewarda1382

to cast an eye, glance, lookc1385

blush?a1400

glift?a1400

visea1400

considerc1400

vizy1513

regard1523

spectate1709

to have a see1839

look-see1862

vision1898

screw1905

shufti1943

to take (or have) a shufti1943

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xviii. 2 Abraham beseah upp and geseah þri weras standende.

c1200 Moral Ode 19 in Old Eng. Misc. 58 Ne may ich bi-seo me bi-fore for smoke.

a1225 St. Marher. 6 Heo biseh up on heh.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Lamb. Hom. 253 To..biseon on hare grimfule..nebbes.

b. figurative. To look to, give heed to, attend to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)]

lookeOE

reckOE

heedOE

turna1200

beseec1200

yeme?c1225

to care forc1230

hearkenc1230

tendc1330

tentc1330

hangc1340

rewarda1382

behold1382

convert1413

advertc1425

lotec1425

resortc1450

advertise1477

mark1526

regard1526

pass1548

anchor1557

eye1592

attend1678

mind1768

face1863

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 125 He bise to us and giue us..mihte him to understonde.

a1240 Ureisun in Lamb. Hom. 195 Ilch mon þet to þe bisihð þu ȝiuest milce and ore.

†2.

a. reflexive. To look about oneself, look round. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxiv. 63 Þa he hine beseah þa geseah he olfendas þyder weard.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 8 Sona ða hi besawon hi.

b. figurative. To look to oneself, take heed to oneself, consider.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for or protect [verb (reflexive)]

besee?c1225

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 107 Mot ha wel biseon hire bi lokin on euch half.

c1230 Hali Meid. 33 Bisih þe seli meiden.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 505 The king ne ssolde king leng be, Then holi Thorsdai at non, bote he wolde him bet bise.

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts xviii. 15 Bisee ȝou silf.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. xxi. 22 That I myght haue leyser to bysene my self.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 5 What to vs? bise thee [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) se thou].

†3.

a. transitive. To look at, look to, behold; to see. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold

to look to ——eOE

showeOE

lookeOE

lookOE

behold971

beseec1000

seeOE

to see on ——OE

yseeOE

belookc1175

to look against ——c1225

to lay eyes onc1230

biwaita1250

holde1303

aseea1325

to see upon ——a1350

rewardc1350

to look of ——?c1400

eyea1425

visage1450

aviewa1513

gove1513

regard1523

to look unto ——1545

respect1567

survise1600

aspect1610

reflect1611

inspeculate1694

spectate1709

to look for ——1786

deek1825

lookit1908

lamp1916

c1000 Ags. Psalter lxxix. [lxxx.] 14 Gehweorf nu..and beseoh wingeard þisne.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 231 Gief he fend wére . me sceolden..stiarne hine besié . and binde him.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2141 [He] bad him al his lond bi-sen.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xlv. 52 Al these pilgrims ne wylle not..euery daye besene their owne self in a good myrrour.

b. figurative. To regard, attend to, give heed to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)]

yemec897

understandc1000

beseea1225

heeda1225

bihedec1250

tentc1330

to look into ——c1350

rewardc1350

undertakea1382

considerc1385

recorda1393

behold?a1400

receivea1425

advertc1425

attend1432

advertise?a1439

regard1526

respect1543

eye?c1550

mind1559

panse1559

to take knowledge of1566

to consider of1569

suspect1590

pass1609

matter1652

watch1676

a1225 Juliana 57 Vnseli mon, bisih þe hei godd.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 456 Þre þynges he mot bysee atte bygynnyng.

a1300 E.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). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards

ateec1000

leadc1175

makec1175

farec1230

beleadc1275

dightc1275

beseec1300

servec1300

treatc1374

usea1382

proceeda1393

demean1393

to deal witha1400

treatc1400

to do to ——a1425

entreat?a1425

handc1440

ferea1450

entertain1490

ray1509

to do unto ——?1523

tract1548

deal1573

to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591

play1597

to comport with1675

to behave towards or to1754

usen1814

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after

yknowOE

knowlOE

to care forc1230

bihedec1250

beseec1300

to look to ——c1300

seea1325

await1393

observea1425

procurea1425

to look after ——1487

to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500

regard1526

to see after ——1544

to look unto ——1545

attendc1572

to take care of1579

curea1618

tend1631

to look over ——1670

c1300 K. Alis. 4605 Foundelynges weore they two, That heore lord by-sayen so.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 201 Lo, hou elde þe hore haþ me byseye.

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 507 Euele thai gonnen him bisen.

c1500 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 45 (note) Thus thei biseien foule, oure lord king of grace.

a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xi, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii Ah gentle Mole! such ioyance hath thee well beseene.

†5. To provide, arrange, ordain, determine. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)]

shapea1000

dightc1000

besee1297

weirda1300

destinec1300

ordainc1390

ettlea1400

destinyc1400

eure1428

fortunec1430

foreordainc1440

order1532

preordain1533

predefine1542

prefine1545

destinate1548

fore-pointa1557

fore-appoint1561

pre-ordinate1565

foreset1573

forepurpose1581

sort1592

predestinate1593

predetermine1601

pre-appoint1603

forecall1613

fatea1616

predesign1630

predeterminate1637

pre-order1640

predestine1642

ordinate1850

foreordinate1858

preset1926

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 422 Þe Sonday he was ycrouned..as hys conseyl bysay.

c1305 St. Swithin 103 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 46 Þat oure louerd hit haþ biseȝe þat mie bodi schal beo ido In churche in an heȝe stede.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1313 God sal bi-sen Quor-of ðe ofrende sal ben.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1411 Quan god haueð it so bi-sen, Alse he sendet, als it sal ben.

II. Later uses of the past participle beseen, with qualifying adverb 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. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

seemlya1225

featous1340

jolly?a1366

tretis?a1366

comelya1375

covenablea1375

well-beseenc1374

favourablea1398

farrandc1400

personable?1435

well-favoureda1438

covenantc1440

likelyc1450

trety?c1450

tret1488

decore?a1513

jimp?a1513

wally?a1513

smotter?1520

snout-fair1530

well-looking1613

comely-looking1648

personal1658

comely-looked1664

winsome1677

tidy1714

good-looking1715

well to be seen1809

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > having specific appearance

huedc1000

beseemeda1250

lookingc1330

well-faringc1330

well-beseenc1374

farranda1400

homely?a1439

ill-favoured1530

seeming1590

looked1597

ill-looking1633

complexioned1639

ill-lookeda1640

leonine1660

plain-looking1744

natural-looking1810

anthropoid1881

thuggish-looking1903

new look1950

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 167 Meny a fressh lady, and maydyn bryght, Full wele byseyn.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 51 The squier come from a uiage that he hadde ben atte, fresshe and iolyly beseen.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 283 Hymself should ryde in a chairette moste goodly beseen.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Besey (old word), of good aspect.]

7. Appearing in respect of dress, etc.; dressed, apparelled, appointed; furnished. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective]

boundc1175

clothedc1220

bitighta1250

i-boenc1275

yclothed1297

ydight1297

clada1300

bitoughtc1314

ycladc1330

attireda1375

yhabited1377

gleda1450

buskedc1450

vested (also vest) and seized1464

besee?a1513

yschrowd1513

vestured1523

arrayed1525

braldc1571

garbed1599

habilimented1607

riggeda1640

dressed1641

put-ona1784

habited1807

swathed1815

draped1833

turned-out1833

caparisoned1841

enclad1863

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 164 Full hestely besene In serk and mantill, full haistely I went.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 423 I am besene, I am well or yvell apareylled.

1533 Noble Coronacyon Quene Anne sig. A.iii^v Well besene in veluet.

1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366^v/1 More richly beseene by manyfold She was..in euery maner thing.

1629 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia (1632) 15 Himselfe also in person, all royally beseene, was present.

8. Appearing as to accomplishments; furnished; informed, versed, read, accomplished. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having acquired skill or accomplished

besee1393

accomplisheda1460

addressed1477

qualified1592

well-accomplished1598

complementala1635

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 341 How that her kinges be besein Of suche a power.

c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 12 Prudent men, well beseen in histories both old and new.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 509 Rhetoricke wherein he is well beseene.

1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 180 I late was wont to..maske in mirth with Graces well beseene.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 380 Each seemed a glorious queen, With all that wondrous daintiness beseen.

a. Of things, in senses analogous to 6, 7. archaic.

ΚΠ

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 909 Thogh thyn array be badde, and yuel biseye.

1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes 33 To a chamber she led him..Ful wel beseine.

a1440 Sire Degrev. 1686 [The]re gay gownus of grene [We]re ful schamely be-sene.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 224 Set in meddow greene With pleasant flowers all faire beseene.

a1850 W. Wordsworth Cuckoo & Nightingale lvii Under a maple that is well beseen.

†b. best beseen n. best attire. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > best

best beseen1602

best1708

best bib and tucker1747

war-paint1859

glad rags1902

bezzies1966

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 137^v The Curate in his best beseene, solemnely receiued him at the Churchyard stile.

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单词	besee
释义	beseev. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English biséon , beséon = Old Saxon, Old High German bisehan , Gothic bisaihwan < Germanic bisehwan , < bi , be- prefix + sehwan , in Old English séon to see v., which see for forms.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: beˈsee. Obsolete or archaic. I. Simple senses of the verb: to look at, take regard, and related uses. †1. a. intransitive. To look about, to look (in any direction); to see. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look or behold belookeOE lookeOE beseec1000 stareOE showOE beholdc1175 seec1225 heedc1275 witec1320 advisec1325 to see to ——a1375 rewarda1382 to cast an eye, glance, lookc1385 blush?a1400 glift?a1400 visea1400 considerc1400 vizy1513 regard1523 spectate1709 to have a see1839 look-see1862 vision1898 screw1905 shufti1943 to take (or have) a shufti1943 c1000 Ælfric Genesis xviii. 2 Abraham beseah upp and geseah þri weras standende. c1200 Moral Ode 19 in Old Eng. Misc. 58 Ne may ich bi-seo me bi-fore for smoke. a1225 St. Marher. 6 Heo biseh up on heh. a1240 Sawles Warde in Lamb. Hom. 253 To..biseon on hare grimfule..nebbes. b. figurative. To look to, give heed to, attend to. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > be attentive, pay attention to [verb (intransitive)] lookeOE reckOE heedOE turna1200 beseec1200 yeme?c1225 to care forc1230 hearkenc1230 tendc1330 tentc1330 hangc1340 rewarda1382 behold1382 convert1413 advertc1425 lotec1425 resortc1450 advertise1477 mark1526 regard1526 pass1548 anchor1557 eye1592 attend1678 mind1768 face1863 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 125 He bise to us and giue us..mihte him to understonde. a1240 Ureisun in Lamb. Hom. 195 Ilch mon þet to þe bisihð þu ȝiuest milce and ore. †2. a. reflexive. To look about oneself, look round. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxiv. 63 Þa he hine beseah þa geseah he olfendas þyder weard. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) ix. 8 Sona ða hi besawon hi. b. figurative. To look to oneself, take heed to oneself, consider. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for or protect [verb (reflexive)] besee?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 107 Mot ha wel biseon hire bi lokin on euch half. c1230 Hali Meid. 33 Bisih þe seli meiden. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 505 The king ne ssolde king leng be, Then holi Thorsdai at non, bote he wolde him bet bise. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts xviii. 15 Bisee ȝou silf. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. xxi. 22 That I myght haue leyser to bysene my self. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Matt. xxvii. 5 What to vs? bise thee [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) se thou]. †3. a. transitive. To look at, look to, behold; to see. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold to look to ——eOE showeOE lookeOE lookOE behold971 beseec1000 seeOE to see on ——OE yseeOE yseeOE belookc1175 to look against ——c1225 to lay eyes onc1230 biwaita1250 holde1303 aseea1325 to see upon ——a1350 rewardc1350 to look of ——?c1400 eyea1425 visage1450 aviewa1513 gove1513 regard1523 to look unto ——1545 respect1567 survise1600 aspect1610 reflect1611 inspeculate1694 spectate1709 to look for ——1786 deek1825 lookit1908 lamp1916 c1000 Ags. Psalter lxxix. [lxxx.] 14 Gehweorf nu..and beseoh wingeard þisne. c1175 Cott. Hom. 231 Gief he fend wére . me sceolden..stiarne hine besié . and binde him. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2141 [He] bad him al his lond bi-sen. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) ii. xlv. 52 Al these pilgrims ne wylle not..euery daye besene their owne self in a good myrrour. b. figurative. To regard, attend to, give heed to. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] yemec897 understandc1000 beseea1225 heeda1225 bihedec1250 tentc1330 to look into ——c1350 rewardc1350 undertakea1382 considerc1385 recorda1393 behold?a1400 receivea1425 advertc1425 attend1432 advertise?a1439 regard1526 respect1543 eye?c1550 mind1559 panse1559 to take knowledge of1566 to consider of1569 suspect1590 pass1609 matter1652 watch1676 a1225 Juliana 57 Vnseli mon, bisih þe hei godd. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 456 Þre þynges he mot bysee atte bygynnyng. a1300 E.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). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards ateec1000 leadc1175 makec1175 farec1230 beleadc1275 dightc1275 beseec1300 servec1300 treatc1374 usea1382 proceeda1393 demean1393 to deal witha1400 treatc1400 to do to ——a1425 entreat?a1425 handc1440 ferea1450 entertain1490 ray1509 to do unto ——?1523 tract1548 deal1573 to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591 play1597 to comport with1675 to behave towards or to1754 usen1814 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after yknowOE knowlOE to care forc1230 bihedec1250 beseec1300 to look to ——c1300 seea1325 await1393 observea1425 procurea1425 to look after ——1487 to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500 regard1526 to see after ——1544 to look unto ——1545 attendc1572 to take care of1579 curea1618 tend1631 to look over ——1670 c1300 K. Alis. 4605 Foundelynges weore they two, That heore lord by-sayen so. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 201 Lo, hou elde þe hore haþ me byseye. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 507 Euele thai gonnen him bisen. c1500 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 45 (note) Thus thei biseien foule, oure lord king of grace. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vii. xi, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Ii Ah gentle Mole! such ioyance hath thee well beseene. †5. To provide, arrange, ordain, determine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] shapea1000 dightc1000 besee1297 weirda1300 destinec1300 ordainc1390 ettlea1400 destinyc1400 eure1428 fortunec1430 foreordainc1440 order1532 preordain1533 predefine1542 prefine1545 destinate1548 fore-pointa1557 fore-appoint1561 pre-ordinate1565 foreset1573 forepurpose1581 sort1592 predestinate1593 predetermine1601 pre-appoint1603 forecall1613 fatea1616 predesign1630 predeterminate1637 pre-order1640 predestine1642 ordinate1850 foreordinate1858 preset1926 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 422 Þe Sonday he was ycrouned..as hys conseyl bysay. c1305 St. Swithin 103 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 46 Þat oure louerd hit haþ biseȝe þat mie bodi schal beo ido In churche in an heȝe stede. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1313 God sal bi-sen Quor-of ðe ofrende sal ben. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1411 Quan god haueð it so bi-sen, Alse he sendet, als it sal ben. II. Later uses of the past participle beseen, with qualifying adverb 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. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > having specific appearance huedc1000 beseemeda1250 lookingc1330 well-faringc1330 well-beseenc1374 farranda1400 homely?a1439 ill-favoured1530 seeming1590 looked1597 ill-looking1633 complexioned1639 ill-lookeda1640 leonine1660 plain-looking1744 natural-looking1810 anthropoid1881 thuggish-looking1903 new look1950 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 167 Meny a fressh lady, and maydyn bryght, Full wele byseyn. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 51 The squier come from a uiage that he hadde ben atte, fresshe and iolyly beseen. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 283 Hymself should ryde in a chairette moste goodly beseen. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Besey (old word), of good aspect.] 7. Appearing in respect of dress, etc.; dressed, apparelled, appointed; furnished. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] boundc1175 clothedc1220 bitighta1250 i-boenc1275 yclothed1297 ydight1297 clada1300 bitoughtc1314 ycladc1330 attireda1375 yhabited1377 gleda1450 buskedc1450 vested (also vest) and seized1464 besee?a1513 yschrowd1513 vestured1523 arrayed1525 braldc1571 garbed1599 habilimented1607 riggeda1640 dressed1641 put-ona1784 habited1807 swathed1815 draped1833 turned-out1833 caparisoned1841 enclad1863 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 164 Full hestely besene In serk and mantill, full haistely I went. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 423 I am besene, I am well or yvell apareylled. 1533 Noble Coronacyon Quene Anne sig. A.iii^v Well besene in veluet. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 366^v/1 More richly beseene by manyfold She was..in euery maner thing. 1629 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia (1632) 15 Himselfe also in person, all royally beseene, was present. 8. Appearing as to accomplishments; furnished; informed, versed, read, accomplished. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having acquired skill or accomplished besee1393 accomplisheda1460 addressed1477 qualified1592 well-accomplished1598 complementala1635 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 341 How that her kinges be besein Of suche a power. c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 12 Prudent men, well beseen in histories both old and new. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 509 Rhetoricke wherein he is well beseene. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in Complaints 180 I late was wont to..maske in mirth with Graces well beseene. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 380 Each seemed a glorious queen, With all that wondrous daintiness beseen. 9. a. Of things, in senses analogous to 6, 7. archaic. ΚΠ c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 909 Thogh thyn array be badde, and yuel biseye. 1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes 33 To a chamber she led him..Ful wel beseine. a1440 Sire Degrev. 1686 [The]re gay gownus of grene [We]re ful schamely be-sene. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 224 Set in meddow greene With pleasant flowers all faire beseene. a1850 W. Wordsworth Cuckoo & Nightingale lvii Under a maple that is well beseen. †b. best beseen n. best attire. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > best best beseen1602 best1708 best bib and tucker1747 war-paint1859 glad rags1902 bezzies1966 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 137^v The Curate in his best beseene, solemnely receiued him at the Churchyard stile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.c1000
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