Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beseem"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. i.
To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] ``As beseemed
best.'' --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beseem \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beseem
v : accord or comport with [syn: {befit}, {suit}]
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