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View synonyms for beseem
beseem
[ bih-seem ]
verb (used with object)
- to be fit for or worthy of; become:
conduct that beseems a gentleman.
verb (used without object)
- to be suitable or fitting.
beseem
/ bɪˈsiːm /
verb
- archaic.to be suitable for; befit
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- unbe·seeming adjective
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Example Sentences
Sif has a gallant at home; thou wilt anxious be to find him: thou shalt that arduous work perform; it will beseem thee better.
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To think and speak of that day with horror doth well beseem the impenitent sinner, but ill the believing saint.
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Fair knight, said that knight, it would beseem a knight to joust and to fight on horseback.
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As it would not beseem me as composer to express an opinion of my own work, we will here alone speak of its performance.
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All this I know; but we have fared so ill in this house that mirth and laughter ill beseem us.
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