[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That beseems (in senses 2, 3); becoming, befitting, seemly, comely.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 201. Moche besemyng it was … that we sholde haue suche a bysshop.
1592. Shaks., Rom. & Jul., I. i. 100. Cast by their Graue beseeming Ornaments.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., I. (1632), 65. Those things which men … know to be beseeming or unbeseeming.
1641. Milton, Animadv., Wks. (1851), 236. Contented with a moderate and beseeming allowance.
1821. Scott, Kenilw., xvi. Tressilian … made a low and beseeming reverence.
Beseeming, besemyng, for by seeming, seemingly: see SEEMING.
