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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. i.
To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] ``As beseemed
best.'' --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beseemed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Beseeming}.] [Pref. be- + seem.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
beseem
v : accord or comport with [syn: {befit}, {suit}]
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