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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. accord or comport with;
- Example: "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
[syn: befit, suit, beseem]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Beseem \Be*seem"\, v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] "As beseemed best." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

beseem v 1: accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" [syn: befit, suit, beseem]