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misbeseemed

misbeseemed is the simple past and past participle of misbeseem.

Meaning of misbeseem

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

Questions about misbeseemed

What is misbeseemed the simple past and past participle of?
Misbeseemed is the simple past and past participle of misbeseem.

Words near misbeseemed in the dictionary

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

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