beseem

[ bih-seem ]

/ bɪˈsim /

Archaic.

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verb (used with object)

to be fit for or worthy of; become: conduct that beseems a gentleman.

verb (used without object)

to be suitable or fitting.

Nearby words

besant, besançon, bescreen, bescribble, beseech, beseem, beseleel, beset, besetting, beshow, beshrew

Origin of beseem

First recorded in 1175–1225, beseem is from the Middle English word bisemen. See be-, seem

Related forms

un·be·seem·ing, adjective

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Examples from the Web for beseem

How would it beseem your rank to join these who shame their sex——No, no!
In The Fire Of The Forge, Complete|Georg Ebers
Grudge him not the independence and the honors that beseem the state of the lion growing old.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, September 1908, No. 5|Various
I profess it should beseem men of great parts rather than me to write to you.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford|Samuel Rutherford
I told you before, that it did not beseem you to grovel in the dust.
Goethe and Schiller|L. Mhlbach

Prithee, Jack, take no airs, for they beseem thee but very ill.
In Convent Walls|Emily Sarah Holt

British Dictionary definitions for beseem

beseem

/ (bɪˈsiːm) /

verb

archaic to be suitable for; befit

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beseem

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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Origin of beseem

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Examples from the Web for beseem

British Dictionary definitions for beseem

beseem

verb