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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Then the servant answered: "All this I know; but we have fared so ill in this house that mirth and laughter ill beseem us."
From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various
Entertain them as I know thou canst; but ask them neither their names, nor whither they journey: that would not beseem thee.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
Messire, I have no mind to assume any dispute with you; yet you must be aware that it would ill beseem any one of true knightly courage to draw aside and to give you way.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard
They beseem quite normally the plainest of us all.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
There she stood With such a gentle pleasure in her looks As might beseem a river-nymph's soft eyes Gracing a bridal of the race whose flocks Were pastured on the borders of her stream.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
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