beseem
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of beseem
First recorded in 1175–1225, beseem is from the Middle English word bisemen. See be-, seem
Example Sentences
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But, after this, it would not beseem me to do else than record the fact that the new suburban district springing up beside the road, half a mile past Welling, is called “Crook Log.”
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.
You attract others to the Swedish side, for you are an envoy of Sweden," said Kmita; "it does not beseem you to act otherwise, though in your soul who knows what you think?
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
It would ill beseem me to say more about it than that.
From Marguerite by May, J. Lewis (James Lewis)
"My Vladek, I cannot; the more thou art thought a Don Juan, the less does it beseem me, an actress, to take thee to a lone woman who attracts the attention that Hela 22 does."
From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
"The better then doth it beseem both the place and me," he replied.
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest
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