beseemed

verb

past tense of beseem, archaic
as in sufficed
to be fitting or proper ordered his servants to deck the hall with such adornments as might beseem for the holidays

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beseemed
  1. sufficed
  2. did
  3. suited
  4. befitted
  5. served
  6. fitted
Verb
  • Still, this particular ban didn’t need to go in the Constitution – a simple law would have sufficed or, better yet, allowing the CPW board to determine if these traps were too inhumane to allow.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026
  • For players 20 and older, a full season in the AHL sufficed to accrue a professional season.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of sufficed
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of did
Verb
  • No one device has to do everything; each plays the role it is best suited for, coordinated by a personal AI agent that understands the user’s context and acts only at the user’s direction.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Pentagon's inspector general has declined to investigate disruptions of Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine, writing in a letter to lawmakers who had requested a probe that his office is not best suited to deliver answers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of suited
Verb
  • The novelty, for her, of being in a relationship nowheresville befitted the album’s titular concept.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Piker’s inclusion befitted an era in which independent creators dominate.
    — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of befitted
Verb
  • Lowndes, who has served as Maitland’s mayor since 2021 and is set to resign Tuesday, said soaring costs for property insurance are a big part of the affordability problem in housing.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the cursor task served as a test of the underlying control interface.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of served
Verb
  • The entire system is designed to fit on a standard 463L military cargo pallet, allowing it to be transported aboard military aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Toledano said the partners could have fit more units on the site but capped it at 35.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of fitted
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