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misseems

misseems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misseem.

Meaning of misseem

Verb

misseem (third-person singular simple present misseems, present participle misseeming, simple past and past participle misseemed)

  1. (literary) To be unbecoming to; not to suit.
    • Ne certes, daughter, that same warlike wize, / I weene, would you misseeme; for ye beene tall, / And large of limbe t'atchieve an hard emprize [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about misseems

What is misseems the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misseems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misseem.

Words near misseems in the dictionary

  1. misseeking
  2. misseeks
  3. misseem
  4. misseemed
  5. misseeming
  6. misseems
  7. misseen
  8. missees
  9. missegmented
  10. missegregate
  11. missegregated

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