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Definition of Beseen
1. a. Seen; appearing.
Definition of Beseen
1. Adjective. (dialectal) Furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped. ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) Accomplished; versed. ¹
3. Verb. (past participle of besee). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beseen
1. besee [v] - See also: besee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beseen
Literary usage of Beseen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"And mask in mirth, with graces welt beseen. Within that lake is a rock, mid
therein te ns taire a place as any is on earth, ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"The king answered: I will well ye go thither, but in any wise as ye love me and
will have my blessing, that ye be well beseen in the richest wise ; and look ..."
3. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1897)
"Also there was the Bachelors' Barge comely beseen, decked with innumerable banners
and all about hanged with rich cloth of gold ; and foists [swift boats] ..."
4. Tudor Tracts, 1532-1588 by Albert Frederick Pollard (1903)
"Also there was the Bachelors' Barge comely beseen, decked with innumerable banners
and all about hanged with rich cloth of gold ; and foists [swift boats] ..."
5. The Arthurian Tales: The Greatest of Romances which Recount the Noble and by Thomas Malory, Ernest Rhys, Rasmus Björn Anderson (1907)
"Therewith they led the King and his two fellows into a fair chamber, and there
was a cloth laid, richly beseen, of all that belonged to a table, ..."
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