In general statements of what is right or becoming: = ‘ought’. Obsolete. (Superseded by the past subjunctive should: see sense 18)
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释义 | society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] (32) shallc700 In general statements of what is right or becoming: = ‘ought’. Obsolete. (Superseded by the past subjunctive should: see sense 18) behovec1175 To be morally needful or requisite to; to be incumbent, proper, or due. fallc1175 To belong, pertain, or apply to a person or thing, as a possession, attribute, etc.; (also) to be… intransitive. With person or thing as subject. Obs… sita1393 Usually with non-referential it and infinitive or that-clause. To suit (a person or thing); to be… intransitive. Without prepositional phrase. Obs… fit1574 intransitive. To be fit, seemly, proper, or suitable. Chiefly impersonal or quasi-impersonal. Obsolete or archaic. Subcategories:— be morally fitting for one (1) — seem morally fitting (2) — consider morally fitting (1) — deserve well or ill (16) — put forward a claim (7) |
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