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besought [besought 词源字典]: Middle English besohte, past tense and past participle of beseech.[besought etymology, besought origin, 英语词源]
bespangle (v.): 1610s, from be- + spangle. Related: Bespangled; bespangling.
bespatter (v.): 1640s, from be- + spatter (v.). Related: Bespattered; bespattering.
bespeak (v.): Old English besprecan "speak about, speak against, complain," from be- + sprecan "to speak" (see speak (v.)). A common Germanic compound (cognates: Old Saxon bisprecan, Dutch bespreken, Old High German bisprehhan, German besprechen); originally "to call out," it evolved a wide range of meaning in English, including "speak up," "oppose," "request," "discuss, "arrange," and "to order (goods)" (1580s).
The connection of the senses is very loose; some of them appear to have arisen quite independently of each other from different applications of BE- pref. [OED]
bespeckle (v.): c. 1600, from be- + speckle. Related: Bespeckled; bespeckling.
bespectacled (adj.): 1742, past participle adjective from be- + spectacles.
bespoke (adj.): "custom or custom-made, made to order," of goods, as distinguished from ready-made, 1755, the same sense found earlier in bespoken (c. 1600), past participle of bespeak, in a sense of "to speak for, to arrange beforehand," a sense attested in bespeak from 1580s. Now usually of tailored suits.
bespread (v.): c. 1200, from be- + spread (v.).
besprinkle (v.): mid-15c., from be- + sprinkle (v.). Related: Besprinkled; besprinkling.
Bessemer: in reference to the process for decarbonizing and desiliconizing pig iron by passing air through the molten metal, 1856, named for engineer and inventor Sir Harry Bessemer (1813-1898) who invented it.
best (adj.): Old English beste, reduced by assimilation of -t- from earlier Old English betst "best, first, in the best manner," originally superlative of bot "remedy, reparation," the root word now only surviving in to boot (see boot (n.2)), though its comparative, better, and superlative, best, have been transferred to good (and in some cases well). From Proto-Germanic root *bat-, with comparative *batizon and superlative *batistaz (cognates: Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch best, Old High German bezzist, German best, Old Norse beztr, Gothic batists).
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

[Burns]
Best-seller as short for "best-selling book" is from 1902, apparently originally in the publishing trade; best friend was in Chaucer (late 14c.). Best girl is first attested 1881, American English; best man is 1814, originally Scottish, replacing groomsman. To be able to do something with the best of them is recorded by 1748.
best (v.): "to get the better of," 1863, from best (adj.). Related: Bested; besting.
best (n.): c. 1200, from best (adj.).
bestead (v.): "to help, support, prop," 1580s, from be- + stead (v.); see stead.
bestest (adj.): jocular emphatic superlative of best (which is itself a superlative), attested from 1834.
bestial (adj.): late 14c., from Old French bestial (13c.) "relating to animals, stupid, foolish, bestial" and directly from Latin bestialis "like a beast," from bestia (see beast). Sense of "below the dignity of a human" is from c. 1400, and in many cases its use is unjust to the beasts.
bestiality (n.): late 14c., "the nature of beasts," from bestial + -ity. Meaning "indulgence in beastly instincts" is from 1650s; sense of "sexual activity with a beast" is from 1611 (KJV).
bestiary (n.): "medieval treatise on beasts" usually with moralistic overtones, 1818, from Medieval Latin bestiarium "a menagerie," also "a book about animals", from bestia (see beast). A Latin term for such works was liber de bestiis compositus. Roman bestiarius meant "a fighter against beasts in the public entertainments."
bestir (v.): Old English bestyrian "to heap up," from be- + stir. Related: Bestirred; bestirring.
bestow (v.): early 14c., bistowen "give" (as alms, etc.), from be- + stowen "to place" (see stow). Related: Bestowed; bestowing; bestower.