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Definition of Besit
1. v. t. To suit; to fit; to become.
Definition of Besit
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To sit around; sit about; besiege. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To sit upon. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Besit
1. to besiege [v BESAT, BESITTING, BESITS] - See also: besiege
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besit
Literary usage of Besit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Turkey in Europe by James Baker (1877)
"... of Seras—Heavy Traffic—Wrestling Match—A Gipsy Champion—Gipsy Immigration to
Europe—Stopped by a Turkish Guard— Lake besit, or Ancient ..."
2. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1906)
"Nextly, I give to my son Elisha Williams all my Middletown lott of land lying on
the west side of besit River. Nextly, I give to the heirs of my son Samuel ..."
3. British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela by Great Britain (1898)
"... besit, en dat bet te vergeefs was daer van te vermanen, sonde nu noch nimmermehr
ош ... in besit heft In West India coste den Conine niet ..."
4. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (1906)
"... great meadow which 1 bought of Silas Belding; also I give to my son Benjamin
another part of my Middletown lott lying on the east side of besit River. ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"... Outlines of a System for Geo^F and Military Purposes,' 1827, besit volumes
recounting his exploration though accurate and painstaking, e> reflect the ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1855)
"... the prince of Ionia twice returned to ] arms with those of the emperor; besit
and threatened Constantinople ..."
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