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Beseem

//bɪˈsiːm// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Generally with a qualifying word such as ill or well: to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something). ambitransitive, archaic

    "This inn beseems well for a weary wayfarer."

  2. 2
    accord or comport with wordnet
  3. 3
    Without any qualifying word: to be appropriate or creditable (for someone or something). ambitransitive, archaic

    "It beseems you not to grumble thus."

Etymology

PIE word *h₁epi From Middle English bisemen (“to beseem”) [and other forms], from be-, bi- (prefix forming transitive verbs with a completive, figurative, or intensifying sense) + semen (“to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard”). Semen is derived from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to; to befit, beseem”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit; to unite”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). The English word is analysable as be- (prefix with an intensifying sense) + seem.

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