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(bē sēm′, bi-)

intransitive verb

Archaic to be suitable or appropriate (to): what appears to be the direct object of the verb (e.g., him in “it ill beseems him”) is really the indirect object

Origin: ME bisemen: see be- & seem

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transitive verb be·seemed, be·seem·ing, be·seems
Archaic

To be appropriate for; befit.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bisemen

Origin: : bi-, be-

Origin: + semen, to seem; see seem

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