v. t.
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 ]
v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [ Obs. ] “As beseemed best.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Becoming; suitable. [ Archaic ] --
a. Fit; suitable; becoming. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
In beseemly order sitten there. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To suit ill. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + beseem. ] To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- not + beseeming. ] Unbecoming; not befitting. --