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misbeseeming

misbeseeming is the present participle and gerund 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 misbeseeming

What is misbeseeming the present participle and gerund of?
Misbeseeming is the present participle and gerund of misbeseem.

Words near misbeseeming in the dictionary

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

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