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be·seem

 (bĭ-sēm′)
tr.v. be·seemed, be·seem·ing, be·seems Archaic
To be appropriate for; befit.

[Middle English bisemen : bi-, be- + semen, to seem; see seem.]
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beseem

(bɪˈsiːm)
vb
archaic to be suitable for; befit
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be•seem

(bɪˈsim)
Archaic. v.t.
1. to be fit for or worthy of.
v.i.
2. to be suitable or fitting.
[1175–1225; Middle English bisemen]
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beseem


Past participle: beseemed
Gerund: beseeming

Imperative
beseem
beseem
Present
I beseem
you beseem
he/she/it beseems
we beseem
you beseem
they beseem
Preterite
I beseemed
you beseemed
he/she/it beseemed
we beseemed
you beseemed
they beseemed
Present Continuous
I am beseeming
you are beseeming
he/she/it is beseeming
we are beseeming
you are beseeming
they are beseeming
Present Perfect
I have beseemed
you have beseemed
he/she/it has beseemed
we have beseemed
you have beseemed
they have beseemed
Past Continuous
I was beseeming
you were beseeming
he/she/it was beseeming
we were beseeming
you were beseeming
they were beseeming
Past Perfect
I had beseemed
you had beseemed
he/she/it had beseemed
we had beseemed
you had beseemed
they had beseemed
Future
I will beseem
you will beseem
he/she/it will beseem
we will beseem
you will beseem
they will beseem
Future Perfect
I will have beseemed
you will have beseemed
he/she/it will have beseemed
we will have beseemed
you will have beseemed
they will have beseemed
Future Continuous
I will be beseeming
you will be beseeming
he/she/it will be beseeming
we will be beseeming
you will be beseeming
they will be beseeming
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been beseeming
you have been beseeming
he/she/it has been beseeming
we have been beseeming
you have been beseeming
they have been beseeming
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been beseeming
you will have been beseeming
he/she/it will have been beseeming
we will have been beseeming
you will have been beseeming
they will have been beseeming
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been beseeming
you had been beseeming
he/she/it had been beseeming
we had been beseeming
you had been beseeming
they had been beseeming
Conditional
I would beseem
you would beseem
he/she/it would beseem
we would beseem
you would beseem
they would beseem
Past Conditional
I would have beseemed
you would have beseemed
he/she/it would have beseemed
we would have beseemed
you would have beseemed
they would have beseemed
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.beseem - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
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beseem

verb
Archaic. To be appropriate or suitable to:
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References in periodicals archive ?
It might have well beseemed me to repeat Some simply fashioned tale, to tell again In slender accents of sweet Verse some tale That did bewitch me then and soothes me now.
The Rabbi says that it's implausible that Jesus really was the Messiah; Jesus came "contemptibly, and not with that pompe and maiestie that beseemed the redeemer of mankind." Jews are so proud, says Coryat, that they think any real Messiah would quickly conquer all kingdoms.
Another line of authoritarian attack is taken by Sir William Davenant in A Discourse upon Gondibert (1650): Lucan's "enterprize rather beseemed an Historian then a Poet: for wise Poets think it more worthy to seek out truth in the passions, then to record the truth of actions" (6).