besittanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /beˈsit.tɑn/

動詞

besittan

1. to sit near; sit about, surround, beset
2. to besiege
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Æfter þǣm Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs V hunde wintrum ⁊ XXXIII, Hannibal, Pena cyning, besǣt Saguntum Ispania burg...

     533 years after Rome was built, Hannibal, king of the Carthaginians, laid siege to Saguntum, a city in Hispania.

3. to sit as the master of, hold, possess

Conjugation

派生した語

• Middle English: besitten
  • English: besit