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beseat

verb

Etymology

From be- + seat.

  1. inherited from sǣte — “house”
  2. derived from *sed-✻ — “to sit”
  3. derived from *sētiją✻ — “seat”
  4. derived from sæti — “seat”
  5. inherited from sǣte
  6. inherited from sete
  7. prefixed as beseat — “be- + seat”

Definitions

  1. To make seated

    To make seated; to seat.

    • "Beseat yourselves, gentlemen, beseat yourselves," he insisted, pointing to a rough-hewn bench.
    • One of my abiding memories of the House of Commons is that of a huge frame padding through the door to the right of the Speaker's chair and beseating himself in a corner.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA