Definitions for beseem

beseem be·seem

Spelling: [bih-seem]
IPA: /bɪˈsim/

Beseem is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in beseem (beeems).

Definitions for beseem

verb (used with object)

  1. to be fit for or worthy of; become:

verb (used without object)

  1. to be suitable or fitting.

Origin of beseem

First recorded in 1175-1225, beseem is from the Middle English word bisemen. See be-, seem

Examples for beseem

Does it beseem a grown-up man like you to be as disobedient as a capricious child?

Prithee, Jack, take no airs, for they beseem thee but very ill.

It would not beseem my insignificance to intrude upon him now.

I told you before, that it did not beseem you to grovel in the dust.

She clad her and her handmaids with care, as did beseem them.

It does not beseem you, who are educated upon the king's bounty, to speak thus.

Sir, she said, It will not beseem me to wear a king's garment.

And it does not beseem the wife of a Roman noble to accept new fashions in religions.

Would it beseem an honest and shamefaced maid if I called him back to me?

How would it beseem your rank to join these who shame their sex——No, no!

Word Value for beseem
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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