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English Dictionary: beseemed by the DICT Development Group
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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.
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