beseem
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At him to whom all are hurrying like ants to honey; but it does not beseem me to mention his name, for I have always hated boastfulness.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
There she stood With such a gentle pleasure in her looks As might beseem a river-nymph's soft eyes Gracing a bridal of the race whose flocks Were pastured on the borders of her stream.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard
Would such an experiment beseem any other place so well as the madhouse?
From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by William Benjamin Smith
It would not beseem my insignificance to intrude upon him now.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
But now I see that thou hast not with the naming any gift to give me such as would beseem me to accept, wherefore he of us who hath must give to the other.'
From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
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