Deeper Dive: been

been [OE. beon, ben, bin, p. p. of been, beon, to be. See Be.] The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.
Assembled been a senate grave and stout. Fairfax.



-- Webster's unabridged 1913





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