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.
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Be*seem", v. i.
To seem; to appear; to be fitting.
[Obs.] "As
beseemed best."
Spenser.
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