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IPA: /bɪˈsiːm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bəˈsim/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beseem.wav

[Southern-England] Forms: beseems [present, singular, third-person], beseeming [participle, present], beseemed [participle, past], beseemed [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -iːm Etymology: PIE word *h₁epi From Middle English bisemen (“to beseem”) [and other forms], from be-, bi- (prefix forming transitive verbs with a completive, figurative, or intensifying sense) + semen (“to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard”). Semen is derived from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to; to befit, beseem”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit; to unite”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). The English word is analysable as be- (prefix with an intensifying sense) + seem. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₁epi}} *h₁epi, {{PIE word|en|h₁epi}} PIE word *h₁epi, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{inh|en|enm|bisemen|t=to beseem}} Middle English bisemen (“to beseem”), {{nb...|bysemen|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{m|enm|be-}} be-, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{glossary|transitive}} transitive, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{glossary|figurative}} figurative, {{glossary|intensifier|intensifying}} intensifying, {{m|enm|bi-|pos=prefix forming transitive verbs with a completive, figurative, or intensifying sense}} bi- (prefix forming transitive verbs with a completive, figurative, or intensifying sense), {{m|enm|semen|t=to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard}} semen (“to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard”), {{m|enm||Semen}} Semen, {{der|en|non|sœma|t=to conform to; to befit, beseem}} Old Norse sœma (“to conform to; to befit, beseem”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*sōmijaną|t=to fit; to unite}} Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit; to unite”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sem-|t=one; whole}} Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”), {{prefix|en|be|seem|pos1=prefix with an intensifying sense}} be- (prefix with an intensifying sense) + seem Head templates: {{en-verb}} beseem (third-person singular simple present beseems, present participle beseeming, simple past and past participle beseemed)

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "This inn beseems well for a weary wayfarer.",
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        {
          "ref": "1643 January 14, “To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. The Humble Petition of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, from Their Meeting at Edinburgh, January 4, 1643 [Julian calendar].”, in The Humble Petition of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly to the Kings Majesty. […], Edinburgh: […] Evan Tyler, […], →OCLC, page 6",
          "text": "The Nationall Aſſembly of this Kirk, from which we have our Commiſſion, did promiſe in their thankſgiving for the many favours expreſſed in Your Majeſties Letter, their beſt endeavours to keep the people under their charge, in unity and peace, and in loyalty and obedience to Your Majeſtie and Your Laws, which we confeſſe is a duty well beſeeming the preachers of the Goſpel: […]",
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          "ref": "1915 July, “Close-ups”, in Photoplay Magazine: The National Movie Publication, volume VIII, number 2, Chicago, Ill.: Photoplay Publishing, →OCLC, page 120",
          "text": "The girl is born pretty—and a rebel. […] The mouth, artfully carmined to allure, beseems the red door of a white sepulchre.",
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "priličam",
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          "word": "sich ziemen"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "inbaḡā",
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          "word": "اِنْبَغَى"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "geziemen"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "grc",
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "roman": "prépō",
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "sohvũ",
          "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
          "word": "સોહવું"
        },
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śobhnā",
          "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
          "word": "शोभना"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
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          "word": "böhren"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "word": "доликува"
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          "roman": "prilega",
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
          "word": "شوبھنا"
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "semen",
        "t": "to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard"
      },
      "expansion": "semen (“to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "",
        "3": "Semen"
      },
      "expansion": "Semen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sœma",
        "t": "to conform to; to befit, beseem"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sœma (“to conform to; to befit, beseem”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sōmijaną",
        "t": "to fit; to unite"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit; to unite”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sem-",
        "t": "one; whole"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "be",
        "3": "seem",
        "pos1": "prefix with an intensifying sense"
      },
      "expansion": "be- (prefix with an intensifying sense) + seem",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *h₁epi\nFrom Middle English bisemen (“to beseem”) [and other forms], from be-, bi- (prefix forming transitive verbs with a completive, figurative, or intensifying sense) + semen (“to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard”). Semen is derived from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to; to befit, beseem”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit; to unite”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). The English word is analysable as be- (prefix with an intensifying sense) + seem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beseems",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beseeming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beseemed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beseemed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "beseem (third-person singular simple present beseems, present participle beseeming, simple past and past participle beseemed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "be‧seem"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This inn beseems well for a weary wayfarer.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1643 January 14, “To the Kings Most Excellent Majesty. The Humble Petition of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, from Their Meeting at Edinburgh, January 4, 1643 [Julian calendar].”, in The Humble Petition of the Commissioners of the Generall Assembly to the Kings Majesty. […], Edinburgh: […] Evan Tyler, […], →OCLC, page 6",
          "text": "The Nationall Aſſembly of this Kirk, from which we have our Commiſſion, did promiſe in their thankſgiving for the many favours expreſſed in Your Majeſties Letter, their beſt endeavours to keep the people under their charge, in unity and peace, and in loyalty and obedience to Your Majeſtie and Your Laws, which we confeſſe is a duty well beſeeming the preachers of the Goſpel: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1915 July, “Close-ups”, in Photoplay Magazine: The National Movie Publication, volume VIII, number 2, Chicago, Ill.: Photoplay Publishing, →OCLC, page 120",
          "text": "The girl is born pretty—and a rebel. […] The mouth, artfully carmined to allure, beseems the red door of a white sepulchre.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Generally with a qualifying word such as ill or well: to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ill",
          "ill#Adverb"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well#Adverb"
        ],
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "seem",
          "seem"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "misbeseem"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "unbeseem"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It beseems you not to grumble thus.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without any qualifying word: to be appropriate or creditable (for someone or something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "creditable",
          "creditable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "become"
        },
        {
          "word": "befit"
        },
        {
          "word": "suit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈsiːm/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bəˈsim/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːm"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priličam",
      "sense": "to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)",
      "word": "приличам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podobavam",
      "sense": "to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)",
      "word": "подобавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)",
      "word": "sich ziemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)",
      "word": "bisemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)",
      "word": "semen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "inbaḡā",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "اِنْبَغَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lāqa",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "لَاقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podobavam",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "подобавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "geziemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "sich ziemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "ziemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "éoika",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "ἔοικα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "prépō",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "πρέπω"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "sohvũ",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "સોહવું"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śobhnā",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "शोभना"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "böhren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "geböhren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dolikuva",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "доликува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prilega",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "прилега"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "bisemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "semen"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "byrja"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "sama"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)",
      "word": "شوبھنا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beseem"
}

"beseem" meaning in All languages combined

Verb [English]

Inflected forms