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Definition of Beseems
1. beseem [v] - See also: beseem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beseems
Literary usage of Beseems
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belshazzar: A Dramatic Poem by Henry Hart Milman (1822)
"Whence com'st thou, Adonijah, with thy brow Elite, and full of pride, that scarce
beseems A captive ? ADONIJAH. Imlah ! from the dawn of day I have been ..."
2. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
"... BLESSING I AM lying down to-night as beseems In the fellowship of Christ, Son
of the Virgin golden, In the fellowship of the gracious Father of glory, ..."
3. Charles Lamb: His Friends, His Haunts, and His Books by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1866)
"beseems it now the sterner muse to woo, If haply she her golden mead impart To
realize the vision of her heart. In its late shape Lamb altered ..."
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