beseem

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She is tall, but so well made that there is nothing clumsy or “manish” about her, and she dresses in black, as beseems a widow; this is practically all that we are told about her.

From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.

A bard here dwelt, more fat than bard beseems.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Sure they would do so, but that, By the ordinance of Fate, There is some concealed thing So each gazer limiting, He can see no more of merit Than beseems his worth and spirit.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

It scarcely beseems a man," said he, "to be aught but a silent listener, when his praise is spoken by one he loves and respects.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

Hera! with Gods the debate, nor beseems the upbraiding of anger.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various