Beseem
[bi'si:m]
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To seem; to appear; to be fitting.
Checker: Myrna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Become, bent, be proper for, be appropriate for, be meet for.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Befit, suit, belong, appertain
ANT:Unbeseem, disgrace
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Definition
v.t. to be seemly or fit for: to become: to be fit for or worthy of: (Spens.) to become or appear.—ns. Beseem′ing Beseem′ingness—adv. Beseem′ingly.
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Examples
- Men say thou dost love wine, and a lady's smile, better than beseems thy Order, Sir Priest; but with that I have nought to do. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Quebec and Malta lay the cloth for dinner, while Woolwich, serving, as beseems him, under his father, keeps the fowls revolving. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Our road, said the Palmer, should here separate; for it beseems not men of my character and thine to travel together longer than needs must be. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not that it behoved or beseemed me to say anything: but one can occasionally _look_ the opinion it is forbidden to embody in words. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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