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.

Be*seem", v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [Obs.] "As beseemed best." Spenser.