besort

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ sort.

Verb

besort (third-person singular simple present besorts, present participle besorting, simple past and past participle besorted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; fit; become.
    • Shakespeare
      such men as may besort your age

Noun

besort (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Something fitting or appropriate; suitable company, associates, or attendants.
    • Shakespeare
      With such accommodation and besort / As levels with her breeding.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for besort in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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