beseem

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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈsiːm/
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• General-American: /bəˈsim/
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• rhymes with -iːm
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PIE word *h1epi From Middle English bisemen (“to beseem”) [and other forms], from be-, bi- (prefix forming transitive verbs with a completive, figurative, or intensifying sense) + semen (“to seem; to be or see as appropriate; to be visible or apparent; to regard”). Semen is derived from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to; to befit, beseem”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit; to unite”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). The English word is analysable as be- (prefix with an intensifying sense) + seem.

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: приличам (priličam) — to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)
• Bulgarian: подобавам (podobavam) — to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)
• German: sich ziemen — to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)
• Hindi: सोहना (sohnā) — to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)
• Middle English: bisemen — to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)
• Middle English: semen — to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something)
• Arabic: اِنْبَغَى (inbaḡā) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Arabic: لَاقَ (lāqa) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Bulgarian: подобавам (podobavam) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• German: geziemen — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• German: sich ziemen — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• German: ziemen — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Ancient Greek: ἔοικα (éoika) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Ancient Greek: πρέπω (prépō) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Gujarati: સોહવું (sohvũ) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Hindi: सोहना (sohnā) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Low German: böhren — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Low German: geböhren — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Macedonian: доликува (dolikuva) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Macedonian: прилега (prilega) — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Middle English: bisemen — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Middle English: semen — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Old Norse: byrja — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Old Norse: sama — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)
• Urdu: شوبھنا — to be appropriate or credible (for someone or something)