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befit, v.|bɪˈfɪt|
[f. be- 2 + fit v.]
1. trans. To be suited to, or fit for; to agree with, be in harmony with; to become.
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. (1714) 49 That befittith the Kyngs Liberalite. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iv. i. 93 He ought..to haue a certaine naturall instinct befitting this office. 1610Shakes. Temp. ii. i. 289 They'l tell the clocke to any businesse that We say befits the houre. 1667Milton P.L. x. 868 Thou Serpent! that name best Befits thee with him leagu'd. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. xii. 70 Let me know, whether she wants anything that befits her case. 1843Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 137 The various duties befitting his princely station.
2. Of moral fitness: To be proper to, or incumbent upon, as a duty or task; to be right for.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. ii. 2 It us befitted To beare our hearts in greefe. 1647Cowley Mistr. i. (1669) 21 She came for that, which more befits all Wives, The art of Giving, not of Saving Lives. 1875B. Taylor Faust ii. iii. II. 141 At home, be wise as it befits thee there.
†3. To fit out with. Obs.
1598Barret Theor. Warres v. ii. 143 A..horse..befitted with a saddle, bridle, etc. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy I. x, He had..befitted him with just such a bridle and saddle. |