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beseeming
adj 1noun 1
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3ADJ.
soft
BESEEMING + NOUN
gratefulness
PREP.
into
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adj
1
Becoming, befitting, suitable.
Her Veſt, with Flow'rs of Gold embroider'd o'er, / With Grief diſtreſs'd, the mournful Matron tore, / And a beſeeming Suit of gloomy Sable wore.
noun
1
Appearance; look.
I am Sir / The Souldier that did company theſe three / In poor beſeeming: 't was a fitment for / The purpoſe I then follow'd.
His sword fell from his grasp—his eye, late glaring with the ire of a stricken tiger,—his brow, late speaking but death, and dark defiance, suddenly sank into the soft beseeming of gratefulness, and of betokened kindness and feeling.
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Her Veſt, with Flow'rs of Gold embroider'd o'er, / With Grief diſtreſs'd, the mournful Matron tore, / And a beſeeming Suit of gloomy Sable wore.
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I am Sir / The Souldier that did company theſe three / In poor beſeeming: 't was a fitment for / The purpoſe I then follow'd.
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His sword fell from his grasp—his eye, late glaring with the ire of a stricken tiger,—his brow, late speaking but death, and dark defiance, suddenly sank into the soft beseeming of gratefulness, and o
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