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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. accord or comport with Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] "As beseemed best." Spenser. Source: webster
  5. 5. 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. Source: adambom
  6. 6. v accord or comport with Source: ecdict

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