Beseeming
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Beseeming is an adjective meaning Becoming, befitting, suitable.
Meaning
Becoming, befitting, suitable.
More Meanings
- Appearance; look.
- gerund of beseem: a comely appearance; attractiveness.
- present participle and gerund of beseem
Example Sentences
I am Sir / The Souldier that did company theſe three / In poor beſeeming: 't was a fitment for / The purpoſe I then follow'd.
Her Veſt, with Flow'rs of Gold embroider'd o'er, / With Grief diſtreſs'd, the mournful Matron tore, / And a beſeeming Suit of gloomy Sable wore.
His sword fell from his grasp—his eye, late glaring with the ire of a stricken tiger,—his brow, late speaking but death, and dark defiance, suddenly sank into the soft beseeming of gratefulness, and of betokened kindness and feeling.
Word Forms
- beseemings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suit, befitting, worthy, fittable, appropriate, adapt.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.