Dictionary entry

Beseem

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

A duty well beseeming the preachers.

Clarendon.

What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God?

Hocker.