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besit.

To sit around; sit about; besiege.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To sit around; sit about; besiege.

    transitive
  2. To sit upon; occupy.

    transitive
  3. To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English besitten, from Old English besittan (“to sit round, surround, beset, besiege, hold, council, occupy, possess”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisittjan, from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (“to sit near, sit among or around”), equivalent to be- + sit. Cognate with Dutch bezitten, German besitzen, Norwegian Bokmål besitte, Danish besidde, Swedish besitta, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bisitan).

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