Definitions for beseems

beseems be·seem

Spelling: [bih-seem]
IPA: /bɪˈsim/

Beseems is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in beseems (beeemss).

Definitions for beseems

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 beseems

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

Examples for beseems

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for beseems
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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