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befit

[ bih-fit ]

verb (used with object)

, be·fit·ted, be·fit·ting.
  1. to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit:

    His clothes befit the occasion.



befit

/ bɪˈfɪt /

verb

  1. tr to be appropriate to or suitable for


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Derived Forms

  • beˈfitting, adjective
  • beˈfittingly, adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of befit1

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; be-, fit 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of befit1

C15: from be- + fit 1

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Example Sentences

The love scenes themselves befit all the romantic clichés typical of a story so soap operatic in nature.

Arrogance and party political calculations with an eye to the next election do not befit the gravity of the moment.

It would ill befit the dignity of a Villiers to be frightened out of her abode by a party of rude soldiers.

I have never craved wealth for its own sake, though I have always known that a costly setting would befit beauty such as mine.

The rooms were decorated to befit the day, and great jack-o'-lanterns grinned from mantels or brackets.

And then he would sit in his arm-chair for hours, intending to turn his mind to such solemn thoughts as might befit a dying man.

They would better befit a debating society than an assembly of statesmen met to consider constitutional questions.

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