besingv.
/bɪˈsɪŋ/ 1. transitive. To sing (into some state).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing into some state
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1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Eiiijv If the plaintife Poet shoulde Besing his musies horce.
2. transitive. To sing about (a person, etc.); to celebrate in song; to sing to.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > celebrate in song
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record?a1534
chant1557
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (transitive)] > sing to
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to tip (one) a stave1883
1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 310 Let him worship and be-sing the idols of the time.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 Feb. 395/2 In the Charter which has been so much be-sung.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. i. 167 The Mountain part..besung by rushing torrents.
Derivatives
besung adj. /bɪˈsʌŋ/
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1865 J. S. Stuart-Glennie Greek Folk-songs 30 The scene of the besung victory.
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