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BESEEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beseem mean?
• BESEEM (verb)
The verb BESEEM has 1 sense:
1. accord or comport with
Familiarity information: BESEEM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accord or comport with
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
Context example:
This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
Hypernyms (to "beseem" is one way to...):
agree; check; correspond; fit; gibe; jibe; match; tally (be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples
It would ill beseem me to claim to be a better marksman, answered Johnston, for I have heard great things of your skill.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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