BESEEMED

Verb

beseemed

simple past tense and past participle of beseem

Source: Wiktionary


BESEEM

Be*seem", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beseemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeming.] Etym: [Pref. be- + seem.]

Definition: Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit. A duty well beseeming the preachers. Clarendon. What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God Hocker.

Be*seem", v. i.

Definition: To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] "As beseemed best." Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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