Thesaurus: beseem
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.
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Definitions
- 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.
- v. accord or comport with
- Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one)to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, orworthy of; to become; to befit.A duty well beseeming the preachers. Clarendon.What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to GodHocker.
- v accord or comport with