'Beseeming' definitions:

Definition of 'Beseeming'

From: GCIDE
  • Beseeming \Be*seem"ing\, n.
  • 1. Appearance; look; garb. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Comeliness. --Baret. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Beseeming'

From: GCIDE
  • Beseeming \Be*seem"ing\, a. Becoming; suitable. [Archaic] -- {Be*seem"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Be*seem"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Beseeming'

From: GCIDE
  • Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beseemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeming.] [Pref. be- + seem.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A duty well beseeming the preachers. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ? --Hocker. [1913 Webster]

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