besee
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
- (transitive) To look to; see to; attend to; care for; take care of; provide for; treat; arrange.
- (reflexive) To look about oneself; look to oneself.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English beseen inherited from Old English besēon (go to see, look around, look after, see, observe, provide for, behold, visit, look) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (besee, look) prefix from English see.
Origin
English
see
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftersee English
- farsee English
- foresee English
- forsee English
- insee English
- missee English
- must-see English
- outsee English
- oversee English
- pre-see English
- resee English
- see English
- seeability English
- seeable English
- seeing English
- seer English
- seest English
- seeth English
- sight English
- sithee English
- undersee English
- unsee English
- unseeability English
- besehen German
- sehen German
- unbesehen German
- bezien Dutch, Flemish
- bezienswaardig Dutch, Flemish
- zien Dutch, Flemish
- *bisehwaną Proto-Germanic
- beseon Old English
- besēon Old English
- beseen Middle English
- seen Middle English
- besien Middle Dutch
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- bisian Old Dutch
- bisehan Old Saxon
- sehan Old Saxon
- syi Sranan Tongo