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seoir

/swaʁ/

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verb/swaʁ/

to be suitable for; to be proper for; to be situated; sit down (see also s’asseoir)

“L'ébranlement sied bien aux plus fermes courages” — To waver is fitting for those of firmest courage

Inherited from Middle French seoir, from Old French seoir, from earlier sedeir, from Latin sedēre, from Proto-Italic *sedēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.