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misbeseem

misbeseem verb: to be unseemly on or from; to fail to suit.

Verb

misbeseem (third-person singular simple present misbeseems, present participle misbeseeming, simple past and past participle misbeseemed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To be unseemly on or from; to fail to suit.
    • Herald Boast like to this, laden to the full with truth, misbeseems not the speech of a noble wife.1926, Herbert Weir Smyth, “Agamemnon”, in Aeschylus, with an English translation, volume II, page 53

Forms of misbeseem

third-person singular presentmisbeseems
present participlemisbeseeming
past participlemisbeseemed
pastmisbeseemed

Origin of misbeseem

From mis- + beseem.

Questions about misbeseem

What does misbeseem mean?
Misbeseem means to be unseemly on or from; to fail to suit.
What part of speech is misbeseem?
Misbeseem is a verb.
What is the past tense of misbeseem?
The past tense of misbeseem is misbeseemed.

Words near misbeseem in the dictionary

  1. misbelievers
  2. misbelieves
  3. misbelieving
  4. misbelievingly
  5. misbelievings
  6. misbeseem
  7. misbeseemed
  8. misbeseeming
  9. misbeseems
  10. misbestow
  11. misbestowal

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