Befit
[bɪ'fɪt]
Definition
(verb.) accord or comport with; 'This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!'.
Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
Typed by Dido
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Suit, fit, become, be suitable or proper for, be appropriate for.
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Definition
v.t. to fit or be suitable to: to be proper to or right for:—pr.p. befit′ting; pa.p. befit′ted.—adj. Befit′ting.—adv. Befit′tingly.
Checker: Luther
Examples
- They come to murder me, I thought; this hour does not befit a public execution. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For two hours we rambled about together, in silence for the most part, as befits two men who know each other intimately. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And over all broods that mysterious stillness, that stealthy quiet, that befits so well this old dreaming Venice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It seemed just the night when it befitted such a being as the Jew to be abroad. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Bring writing materials when you come next to my cell, and within a few hours we shall see you garbed in a style befitting your birth and carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- We have been unfortunate, and recent events have drawn us from that every-day tranquillity befitting my years and infirmities. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Did I profess to teach them the conduct befitting ladies? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In doing this, I underwent a kind of rough usage, ill befitting the wounds that my mind had sustained. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Whiffin, proclaim silence,' said the mayor, with an air of pomp befitting his lofty station. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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