befit
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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.
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| —vb , -fits, -fitting, -fitted | |
| (tr) to be appropriate to or suitable for | |
| [C15: from | |
| be'fitting | |
| —adj | |
| be'fittingly | |
| —adv | |
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Befit
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Example sentences
Their goal is not to pack as many species as possible into the parcels of land it manages, as might befit a zoo.
Its mission is not to pack as many species as possible into the parcels of land it owns as might befit a zoo.
Although some other people have put them apparently at odds for their own befit or out of fear.
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