Generally with a qualifying word such as ill or well: to appear, look, or seem (a certain way for someone or something).
This inn beseems well for a weary wayfarer.
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...
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