Beseechment
(Be*seech"ment) n. The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. [R.] Goodwin.
Beseek
(Be*seek") v. t. To beseech. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Beseem
(Be*seem") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beseemed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeming.] [Pref. be- + seem.]
Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or
proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit.
A duty well beseeming the preachers.
Clarendon.
What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ?
Hocker.
Beseem
(Be*seem"), v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] "As beseemed best." Spenser.
Beseeming
(Be*seem"ing), n.
1. Appearance; look; garb. [Obs.]
I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming.
Shak.
2. Comeliness. Baret.
Beseeming
(Be*seem"ing), a. Becoming; suitable. [Archaic] — Be*seem"ing*ly, adv. — Be*seem"ing*ness,
n.
Beseemly
(Be*seem"ly), a. Fit; suitable; becoming. [Archaic]
In beseemly order sitten there.
Shenstone.
Beseen
(Be*seen") a. [Properly the p. p. of besee.]
1. Seen; appearing. [Obs. or Archaic]
2. Decked or adorned; clad. [Archaic] Chaucer.
3. Accomplished; versed. [Archaic] Spenser.
Beset
(Be*set") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beset; p. pr. & vb. n. Besetting.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG.
bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See Set.]
1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
Spectator.
The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air.
Evelyn.
2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. "Beset with foes." Milton.
Let thy troops beset our gates.
Addison.
3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; — said of dangers, obstacles, etc. "Adam, sore beset,
replied." Milton. "Beset with ills." Addison. "Incommodities which beset old age." Burke.
4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn. — To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.
