misseem en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /mɪsˈsiːm/ (UK)
Etymology
From mis- + seem.
Meanings
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(literary) To be unbecoming to; not to suit.
Ne certes, daughter, that same warlike wize, / I weene, would you misseeme; for ye beene tall, / And large of limbe t'atchieve an hard emprize [...].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| misseeming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misseemed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| misseemed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| misseems | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |