单词 | besit |
释义 | † beˈsit, v. Obs. Also 4–5 bisit. [OE. besittan to sit about, besiege f. be- 1 + sittan to sit. The primary verb, of which beset is the causal.] 1. trans. To encamp about, besiege.
a1100O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1087 Se cyng..let besittan þone castel. 1154Ibid. an. 1135 Te king it besæt. 2. To sit upon; to lie heavy upon; to weigh upon.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 110 Hit schal bisitten oure soules sore atte laste. 1377Ibid. B. x. 361 It shal bisitten vs ful soure, þe siluer þat we kepen. 3. To sit properly upon (as a dress): to fit, suit, become. Cf. F. seoir.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xiv. 73 This..bisittith not his wisdom. c1471Fortescue Wks. (1869) 463 Yt besatt not his magnifycence to have done otherwise. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 227 Affections for to change it well besits. 1614C. B. Ghost Rich. III, Yeelding thoughts besit the basest slaves. |

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