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 ]

v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [ Obs. ] “As beseemed best.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance; look; garb. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Comeliness. Baret. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Becoming; suitable. [ Archaic ] -- Be*seem"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seem"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit; suitable; becoming. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In beseemly order sitten there. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To suit ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + beseem. ] To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + beseeming. ] Unbecoming; not befitting. -- Un`be*seem"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*seem"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]