beseeming

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A whole cart-load of proofs was tendered as evidence; and the culprit, as was beseeming, was brought into court in a large tub.

From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Thus I complained, but Love unlocked his quiver, Took out the shaft, ordained my heart to shiver, And bent his sinewy bow upon his knee, Saying, "Poet, here's a work beseeming thee."

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

Fr. convenable, apt, fit, meet for, beseeming, seemlie, &c.

From Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Furnivall, Frederick James

Willingly, noble lady, will we give you our escort,—the more so that this poor child will then have a friend with her beseeming her father's rank.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various

Wofull Fredericke Were a beseeming Epitaph for me, The other tastes of too much soveraigntie.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)