besow/bɪˈsəʊ/EtymologyFrom Middle English besowen, bisawen, from Old English besāwan (“to sow, sow about”); equivalent to be- + sow. Cognate with Middle High German besǣjen (“to besow”).verbTo sow; sow all around or about; scatter; disperse; plant.“[...] is to miss for him all the advantage our civilization is prepared to besow upon his childhood.”