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besort en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/bɪˈsɔː(ɹ)t/
Etymology
From be- + sort.
Meanings
(obsolete, uncountable) Something fitting or appropriate; suitable company, associates, or attendants.
With such accommodation and besort / As levels with her breeding. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
besort en · VERB
Pronunciation
/bɪˈsɔː(ɹ)t/
Etymology
From be- + sort.
Meanings
(obsolete, transitive) To suit; fit; become.
such men as may besort your age c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]: