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Webster 1913 Edition


Befit

Be-fit′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Befitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Befitting
.]
To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
That name best
befits
thee.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Befit

BEFIT'

,
Verb.
T.
[be and fit.] To suit; to be suitable to; to become.
That name best befits thee.

Definition 2024


befit

befit

English

Verb

befit (third-person singular simple present befits, present participle befitting, simple past and past participle befitted)

  1. to be fit for
    His conduct was not befitting an officer of his station.

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