beseem

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For, by what cantrip it wad ill beseem a man to judge, she was hingin’ frae a single nail an’ by a single wursted thread for darnin’ hose.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Tell me what,-- Thou speak'st of matters which beseem thee not.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

"The better then doth it beseem both the place and me," he replied.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

I must remain in camp myself, for all the responsibility is on me, that is, first; and second, it does not beseem my office to go on an expedition against ruffians.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Why, does not beseem us here to inquire.

From Burl by Heady, Morrison