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Webster 1913 Edition

Besit

Be-sit′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
be-
+
sit
.]
To suit; to fit; to become.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Besit

BESIT'

,
Verb.
T.
[be and sit.] To suit; to become. [Not used.]

Definition 2025

besit

besit

English

Verb

besit ‎(third-person singular simple present besits, present participle besitting, simple past besat, past participle besat or besitten)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To sit around; sit about; besiege.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To sit upon.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become.

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Etymology

From Middle English besitten, from Old English besittan ‎(“to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess”), From Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną ‎(“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- +‎ sit. Cognate with Dutch bezitten, German besitzen.

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