beseem
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There she stood With such a gentle pleasure in her looks As might beseem a river-nymph's soft eyes Gracing a bridal of the race whose flocks Were pastured on the borders of her stream.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
For, by what cantrip it wad ill beseem a man to judge, she was hingin’ frae a single nail an’ by a single wursted thread for darnin’ hose.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
"Sir," said she, "it will not beseem me to wear a knight's garment."
From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown
Entertain them as I know thou canst; but ask them neither their names, nor whither they journey: that would not beseem thee.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
Would such an experiment beseem any other place so well as the madhouse?
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin