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Definition of Misbecomes
1. misbecome [v] - See also: misbecome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misbecomes
Literary usage of Misbecomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on His Own Times: Forming a Second Series of The Friend by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1850)
"... and the sweat of their brows, should thus be squandered as the price of
political apostacy ! it misbecomes the honour of a gentleman to give, ..."
2. Sermons and discourses on several subjects and occasions by Francis Atterbury (1820)
"I. First, I am to shew, that whatever excellencies, outward advantages, or
privileges, it may be our lot tp enjoy, yet it misbecomes us, ..."
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