Definition of befit

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Befit (v. t.) To be suitable to; to suit; to become.

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Sortable :: Sortable (a.) Suitable; befitting; proper.
Becoming :: Becoming (a.) Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.
Friendly :: Friendly (a.) Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable..
Proper :: Proper (a.) Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress..
Snobbish :: Snobbish (a.) Of or pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly pretentious..
Lordlike :: Lordlike (a.) Befitting or like a lord; lordly.
Slavish :: Slavish (a.) Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great..
Cowardly :: Cowardly (a.) Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity..
Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate..
Swank :: Swinish (a.) Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot..
Become :: Become (v. t.) To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things..
Beseem :: Beseem (v. t.) Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit..
Aristocratical :: Aristocratical (a.) Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners..
Below :: Below (prep.) Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
Tribunitian :: Tribunitian (a.) Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority..
Besort :: Besort (n.) Befitting associates or attendants.
Histrionical :: Histrionical (a.) Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense.
Behoove :: Behoove (v. i.) To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due..
Befitting :: Befitting (a.) Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
Misbecome :: Misbecome (v. t.) Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to.
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