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Definition of Befit
1. Verb. Accord or comport with. "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!"
Generic synonyms: Agree, Check, Correspond, Fit, Gibe, Jibe, Match, Tally
Definition of Befit
1. v. t. To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
Definition of Befit
1. Verb. To be fit for. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Befit
1. to be suitable to [v -FITTED, -FITTING, -FITS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befit
Literary usage of Befit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"bery says on the platform what Mr Kipling sings in uncouth lines which befit,
perhaps, the rudeness of ' The Lesson':— 'For remember (this our children ..."
2. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1895)
"Can any attitude better befit Him who should soon be adored as God, manifest even
while veiled in flesh ? ..."
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