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beseem
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be·seem  (b-sm)
tr.v. be·seemed, be·seem·ing, be·seems Archaic
To be appropriate for; befit.
[Middle English bisemen : bi-, be- + semen, to seem; see seem.]
beseem [bɪˈsiːm]
vb
Archaic to be suitable for; befit
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Verb1.beseem - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
befit, suit
correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"


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The Rabbi says that it's implausible that Jesus really was the Messiah; Jesus came "contemptibly, and not with that pompe and maiestie that beseemed the redeemer of mankind.
The Jew as Renaissance man by Berek, Peter / Renaissance Quarterly
Another line of authoritarian attack is taken by Sir William Davenant in A Discourse upon Gondibert (1650): Lucan's "enterprize rather beseemed an Historian then a Poet: for wise Poets think it more worthy to seek out truth in the passions, then to record the truth of actions" (6).
"By Lucan driv'n about": A Jonsonian Marvell's Lucanic Milton by Shifflett, Andrew / Renaissance Quarterly
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