besorrow
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BESORROWCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BESORROW bisorȝen, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#BESORROWCategory:English terms derived from Old English#BESORROW besorgian (“to regret; be anxious about, dread, shrink from”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BESORROWCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BESORROW *bisorgōn, equivalent to be- + sorrowCategory:English terms prefixed with be-#SORROW. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bisúurgje (“to obtain, get, take care of”), West Frisian besoargje (“to provide, deliver”), Dutch bezorgen (“to provide, deliver, take care of”), German besorgen (“to procure, acquire, attend to, take care of”), Swedish besörja (“to deal with, attend to”).
Verb
besorrow (third-person singular simple present besorrows, present participle besorrowing, simple past and past participle besorrowed)Category:English lemmas#BESORROWCategory:English verbs#BESORROWCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BESORROWCategory:Pages with entries#BESORROWCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BESORROW
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BESORROWCategory:English intransitive verbs#BESORROW) To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
- Synonyms: becare; see also Thesaurus:care, Thesaurus:be sad, Thesaurus:lament, Thesaurus:sadden
- 1776, Sir David Lindsay, The works of ... Sir David Lindsay of the Mount:
- Then to the woman, for her offence, God did pronounce this sore sentence: All pleasure that you had'st besorrow Shall changed be in lasting sorrow.Category:English terms with quotations#BESORROW
- 1884, John Ames Mitchell, Life:
- The land of the West holds a maiden sweet, And the fairest face has she; But, oh! she has also Chicago feet, And that's what besorrows me.Category:English terms with quotations#BESORROW
- 1931, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal:
- Oh, heart of man, when griefs deep scarCategory:English terms with quotations#BESORROW
Ploughs through thy and sand,
When soul and sense besorrowed are,
Lead, lark of love, 'yond sun and star; […]
- 1996, Wolfram Wilss, Knowledge and Skills in Translator Behavior:
- Dear Peter, newly was I with the car in the town to besorrow me this and that for the holidays.Category:English terms with quotations#BESORROW