What does beseat mean?
Beseat means (reflexive, rare) To make seated; to seat..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(reflexive, rare) To make seated; to seat..
"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.
Use beseat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beseat means (reflexive, rare) To make seated; to seat..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Beseat yourselves, gentlemen, beseat yourselves," he insisted, pointing to a rough-hewn bench.
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