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Definition of Misseem
1. v. i. To make a false appearance.
Definition of Misseem
1. Verb. (literary) To be unbecoming to; not to suit. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misseem
1. to be unbecoming to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misseem
Literary usage of Misseem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Mary Botham Howitt, Henry Hart Milman, John Keats (1840)
"Bmve Chiefs, It would misseem a son of this proud isle, ... though a King; It
would misseem a Christian to rejoice Where virtue hath ploy'd false, ..."
2. Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Southey to by John Aikin, John Frost, Samuel Carter Hall (1845)
"Brave Chiefs, It would misseem a son of this proud isle, To trample on the ...
It would misseem a Christian to rejoice Where virtue hath play'd false, ..."
3. Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English by Charles John Smith (1893)
"So that " in good plight " would involve no contradiction. " For never knight I
saw in snch misseem- ing plight." BPE. ..."
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