beseem : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beseem	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for beseem
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beseem v accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" Synonym(s): befit, suit, beseem
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] [bd]As beseemed best.[b8] --Spenser.