Beseemed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beseem \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.
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           A duty well beseeming the preachers.     --Clarendon.
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           What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our
           prayers to God ?                         --Hocker.
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