different between being vs besing

English

Alternative forms

• beeing (archaic)
• beïng (rare)

Etymology

Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bi???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bi??/, /?bi?/
• Rhymes: -i???, -??
• Hyphenation: be?ing

Verb

being

1. present participle of be

Noun

being (countable and uncountable, plural beings)

1. A living creature.
2. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
   • 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Appius and Virginia

     Claudius, thou / Wast follower of his fortunes in his being.

3. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
4. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
5. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)

   • It was a relief to dismiss them [Sir Roger's servants] into little beings within my manor.

Synonyms

• (a living creature): See also Thesaurus:creature
• (the state or fact of existence): See also Thesaurus:existence

Derived terms

Translations

Conjunction

being

1. Given that; since.
   • , New York Review Books 2001, p.280:

     ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

Synonyms

• as, because, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because

Derived terms

• being that

Translations

References

• “being”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “being” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "being" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
• "being" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

See also

Anagrams

• Bengi, begin, binge

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

being f (genitive singular beinge, plural beingean)

1. bench, form

English

Etymology

From Middle English besingen, from Old English besingan (“to sing of, bewail, sing charms, enchant”), from Proto-Germanic *bisingwan? (“to sing about”), equivalent to be- (“of, about”) +? sing. Cognate with Dutch bezingen (“to sing of, chant”), German besingen (“to sing of, sing the praises of”), Swedish besjunga (“to sing of”).

Verb

besing (third-person singular simple present besings, present participle besinging, simple past besang, past participle besung)

1. (transitive) To sing of or sing about; celebrate in song or poetry; sing the praises of; praise; laud.
   • 1728, William Shakespeare, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), John Fletcher, Double falshood:

     I have read Stories, (I fear, too true ones;) how young Lords, like you, Have thus besung mean Windows, rhymed their Sufferings Ev'n to th' Abuse of Things Divine, set up Plain Girls, like me, the Idols of their Worship, Then left them […]

   • 2001, Jørgen Bruhn, Jan Lundquist, The novelness of Bakhtin: perspectives and possibilities:

     […] Blanckenburg pointed out that one of the differences between the epic and the novel was that the classic epic was a "heroic poem" besinging the "public acts and events", the "actions of the citizen"; […]

2. (transitive) To sing to.

Derived terms

• besinging
• besung

Translations

Anagrams

• Gibens, begins, beings, binges, sigben