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beseem
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synonyms: ~meet ???
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Definition:1. To appear, seem, look (with some qualifying word).2. To be appropriate or creditable (without qualifying word).text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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I made more of thee than became a father, and thou less of me than beseemed a child.
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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Deeming that a serene and unconscious contemplation of him would best beseem me, and would be most likely to quell his evil mind, I advanced with that expression of countenance,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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