Besay
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 canoe paddle
- 1 To say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare.
""Laughter," reproved Najib, cut to the soul by his chief's ridicule, "laughter is for hyenas — and for women! as I have besaid of often."
Example
More examples""Laughter," reproved Najib, cut to the soul by his chief's ridicule, "laughter is for hyenas — and for women! as I have besaid of often."
Etymology
From Middle English besayen, biseggen, from Old English beseċġan (“to announce, introduce; defend, excuse oneself; accuse”), from Proto-Germanic *bisagjaną, equivalent to be- (“about, concerning, across”) + say. Cognate with Dutch bezeggen, German besagen (“to say”).
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀsay. Cognate with Cebuano bugsay.
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