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Webster 1913 Edition

Beseem

Be-seem′

,
Verb.
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.

Be-seem′

,
Verb.
I.
To seem; to appear; to be fitting.
[Obs.]
“As beseemed best.”
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Beseem

BESEE'M

,
Verb.
T.
[be and seem.] To become; to be fit for, or worthy of; to be decent for.
What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to god?

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