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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·seem·ing, n.
 1. Appearance; look; garb. [Obs.]
    I . . .  did company these three in poor beseeming.   --Shak.
 2. Comeliness.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·seem·ing, a. Becoming; suitable. [Archaic] -- Be*seem*ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seem*ing*ness, n.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·seem v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beseemed p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeming.]  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.
    A duty well beseeming the preachers.   --Clarendon.
    What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ?   --Hocker.