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Webster 1913 Edition


Unbeseem

Unˊbe-seem′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
beseem
.]
To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome.

Definition 2024


unbeseem

unbeseem

English

Verb

unbeseem (third-person singular simple present unbeseems, present participle unbeseeming, simple past and past participle unbeseemed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to be unsuitable for
    • 1809-1818, Lord Byron, Child Harold's Pilgrimage To Ianthe, stanza 2, first five lines (for syntax)
      Ah! mayst thou ever be what now thou art,
      Nor unbeseem the promise of thy spring,
      As fair in form, as warm yet pure in heart,
      Love’s image upon earth without his wing,
      And guileless beyond Hope’s imagining!