besorrow

== English == === 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”). === Verb === besorrow (third-person singular simple present besorrows, present participle besorrowing, simple past and past participle besorrowed) (ambitransitive) To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad. Synonyms: becare; see also Thesaurus:care, Thesaurus:be sad, Thesaurus:lament, Thesaurus:sadden === Anagrams === borrowes