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be fit
be·fit
/
bɪˈfɪt
/
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[
bih-
fit
]
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verb (used with object),
be·fit·ted,
be·fit·ting.
to be proper or appropriate for; suit;
fit
:
His clothes befit the occasion.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English;
see
be-
,
fit
1
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befit
(bɪˈfɪt)
—
vb
,
-fits
,
-fitting
,
-fitted
(
tr
) to be appropriate to or suitable for
[C15: from
be-
+
fit
1
]
be'fitting
—
adj
be'fittingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
befit
mid-15c., from
be-
+
fit
(v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: they must not do too much of it: and they must have a sense of success in it—not a doubtful sense, such as needs some testimony of others for its confirmation, but a sure sense, or rather knowledge, that so much work has been done well, and fruitfully done, whatever the world may say or think about it."
-W.H. Auden
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