Beseeming

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Appearance; look. obsolete, uncountable, usually

    "I am Sir / The Souldier that did company theſe three / In poor beſeeming: 't was a fitment for / The purpoſe I then follow'd."

  2. 2
    gerund of beseem: a comely appearance; attractiveness. form-of, gerund, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of beseem form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Becoming, befitting, suitable.

    "Her Veſt, with Flow'rs of Gold embroider'd o'er, / With Grief diſtreſs'd, the mournful Matron tore, / And a beſeeming Suit of gloomy Sable wore."

Synonyms

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befitsuitbecomebefit

Example

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"Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment."

Etymology

From beseem + -ing.

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