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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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Beseeming \Be*seem"ing\, n. 1. Appearance; look; garb. [Obs.] I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. --Shak. 2. Comeliness. --Baret. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Beseeming \Be*seem"ing\, a. Becoming; suitable. [Archaic] -- {Be*seem"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Be*seem"ing*ness}, n. | |
