Beveelen

Beveelen is a Dutch verb that means to issue a command or order. In contemporary Dutch, the standard verb used for this meaning is bevelen. Beveelen survives mainly as an archaic or literary variant and is rarely found in everyday speech or modern writing. It appears most often in historical documents, older literature, or when authors intentionally evoke older language.

The word is closely related to the noun bevel, which denotes an order, directive, or decree. Both share the same semantic field and historical origin, with bevelen serving as the verbal counterpart to the noun bevel. In practice, beveelen is typically encountered only in contexts that aim to reproduce or recall earlier language, such as period pieces, legal texts from past centuries, or scholarly works on the history of Dutch.

Usage and register: beveelen is considered obsolete or stylistically marked in modern Dutch. When clarity and naturalness are desired, bevelen is used instead, often with related terms such as bevel, to describe an official command or instruction. The distinction is primarily one of formality and historical flavor rather than of meaning.

See also: bevel (order), bevelen (modern verb), Dutch verb conjugation.