Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beseat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-seat
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make seated; to seat.

Example Sentences

""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."
"At that point I was so driven to impatience that I could not wait till I returned to my room, but beseated myself right there and then on the fourth floor, opened the little hardcover and happily rejoined my companions at the Mount of Purgatory."

Etymology

From be- + seat.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be-

Inflected Forms

beseats (present, singular) beseating (participle, present) beseated (participle, past) beseated (past)

Derived Forms

beseated

Frequently Paired Words

unseat deseat reseat

Questions

What does beseat mean?: To make seated; to seat.
Where does beseat come from?: From be- + seat.

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