Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to besorrow
Participle: besorrowed
Gerund: besorrowing
Indicative
Present
| I | besorrow |
| you | besorrow |
| he;she;it | besorrows |
| we | besorrow |
| you | besorrow |
| they | besorrow |
Perfect
| I | have besorrowed |
| you | have besorrowed |
| he;she;it | has besorrowed |
| we | have besorrowed |
| you | have besorrowed |
| they | have besorrowed |
Past
| I | besorrowed |
| you | besorrowed |
| he;she;it | besorrowed |
| we | besorrowed |
| you | besorrowed |
| they | besorrowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had besorrowed |
| you | had besorrowed |
| he;she;it | had besorrowed |
| we | had besorrowed |
| you | had besorrowed |
| they | had besorrowed |
Future
| I | will besorrow |
| you | will besorrow |
| he;she;it | will besorrow |
| we | will besorrow |
| you | will besorrow |
| they | will besorrow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have besorrowed |
| you | will have besorrowed |
| he;she;it | will have besorrowed |
| we | will have besorrowed |
| you | will have besorrowed |
| they | will have besorrowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | besorrow |
| you | besorrow |
| he;she;it | besorrow |
| we | besorrow |
| you | besorrow |
| they | besorrow |
Perfect
| I | have besorrowed |
| you | have besorrowed |
| he;she;it | have besorrowed |
| we | have besorrowed |
| you | have besorrowed |
| they | have besorrowed |
Imperfect
| I | besorrowed |
| you | besorrowed |
| he;she;it | besorrowed |
| we | besorrowed |
| you | besorrowed |
| they | besorrowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had besorrowed |
| you | had besorrowed |
| he;she;it | had besorrowed |
| we | had besorrowed |
| you | had besorrowed |
| they | had besorrowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would besorrow |
| you | would besorrow |
| he;she;it | would besorrow |
| we | would besorrow |
| you | would besorrow |
| they | would besorrow |
Perfect
| I | would have besorrowed |
| you | would have besorrowed |
| he;she;it | would have besorrowed |
| we | would have besorrowed |
| you | would have besorrowed |
| they | would have besorrowed |
Imperative
| you | besorrow |
| we | Let's besorrow |
| you | besorrow |
Verbs conjugated like 'besorrow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'besorrow'
borrow,
reborrow,
sorrow,
bemirror,
beshadow,
beshrew,
besnow,
besoot,
besort,
besour,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bisorȝen, from Old English besorgian (“to regret; be anxious about, dread, shrink from”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisorgōn, equivalent to 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”). See: Old English '
besorgian', Frisian, Saterlandic 'bisúurgje', Dutch '
bezorgen', German, old spelling '
besorgen', Swedish '
besörja'.
Sample Sentences
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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. [1776, Sir David Lindsay, The works of ... Sir David Lindsay of the Mount:]
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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. [1884, John Ames Mitchell, Life:]
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Oh, heart of man, when griefs deep scar
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Ploughs through thy and sand,
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When soul and sense besorrowed are,
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Lead, lark of love, 'yond sun and star; […] [1931, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal:]
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Dear Peter, newly was I with the car in the town to besorrow me this and that for the holidays. [1996, Wolfram Wilss, Knowledge and Skills in Translator Behavior:]