 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
befit
verb: accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit
a young woman!" [syn: {suit}, {beseem}]
[also: {befitting}, {befitted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
befitting
adjective: appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
befitting
See {befit}
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Befit \Be*fit"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Befitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Befitting}.]
To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
That name best befits thee. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Befitting \Be*fit"ting\, adjective
Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "befitting":
a propos, ad rem, adapted, advantageous, advisable, applicable,
apposite, appropriate, appropriate to, apropos, apt, auspicious,
becoming, comme il faut, conforming, congruous, convenient,
correct, decent, desirable, dovetailing, due, expedient, favorable,
feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate,
fructuous, geared, good, happy, just, just right, likely, lucky,
meet, meshing, nice, on the button, opportune, pat, politic,
profitable, proper, proper to, propitious, providential, qualified,
recommendable, relevant, right, ripe, seasonable, seemly, sortable,
suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to be desired,
to the point, to the purpose, useful, well-timed, wise,
worthwhile
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