To say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare.
Origin
From Middle English besayen, biseggen, from Old English beseċġan ("to announce, introduce; defend, excuse oneself; accuse"), from Proto-Germanic *bisagjaną, equivalent to be- + say. Cognate with Dutch bezeggen, German besagen.
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