Unbeseem

//ʌnbɪˈsiːm// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be unseemly or unsuitable for. obsolete, transitive

    "Law Rationall therefore, which men commonly vſe to call the Law of Nature, meaning thereby the Law which humane Nature knoweth it ſelfe in reaſon vniuerſally bound vnto, which alſo for that cauſe may be termed moſt fitly the law of Reaſon: this Law, I ſay, comprehendeth al thoſe things which men by the light of their naturall vnderſtanding euidently know, or at leaſtwiſe may know, to be beſeeming or vnbeſeeming, vertuous or vicious, good or euill for them to doe."

Antonyms

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Example

More examples

"Ah! mayst thou ever be what now thou art, nor unbeseem the promise of thy spring, as fair in form, as warm yet pure in heart, Love's image upon earth without his wing, and guileless beyond Hope's imagining!"

Etymology

From un- + beseem.

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