besorrow

From Middle English bisorȝen, from Old English besorgian (“to regret; be anxious about, dread, shrink from”), equivalent to be- +‎ sorrow. Cognate with 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”).

besorrow (third-person singular simple present besorrows, present participle besorrowing, simple past and past participle besorrowed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
   • 1776, Sir David Lindsay, The works of ... Sir David Lindsay of the Mount:

     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.

   • 1884, John Ames Mitchell, Life:

     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.

   • 1931, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal:

     Oh, heart of man, when griefs deep scar
     Ploughs through thy and sand,
     When soul and sense besorrowed are,
     Lead, lark of love, 'yond sun and star; […]

   • 1996, Wolfram Wilss, Knowledge and Skills in Translator Behavior:

     Dear Peter, newly was I with the car in the town to besorrow me this and that for the holidays.

• becare

• borrowes