beseem Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb accord or comport with
    befit; suit.
    • This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!

WordNet

Be*seem" transitive verb
Etymology
Pref. be- + seem.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Beseemed present participle & verbal noun Beseeming
Definitions
  1. 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.
Be*seem" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. Obs. "As beseemed best." Spenser.

Webster 1913