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Webster 1913 Edition


Been

Been

.
[OE.
beon
,
ben
,
bin
, p. p. of
been
,
beon
, to be. See
Be
.]
The past participle of
Be
. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of
Be
. See 1st
Bee
.
Assembled
been
a senate grave and stout.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Been

BEEN

, Part.perf. of be; pronounced bin. In old authors, it is also the present tense plural of be.

BEEN

,
Noun.
A fretted stringed instrument of music of the guitar kind, having nineteen frets; used in India.