Befitting

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Befit \Be*fit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Befitting}.]
     To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
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           That name best befits thee.              --Milton.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Befitting \Be*fit"ting\, a.
     Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  befit
       v : 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
       adj : appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  befitting
       See {befit}

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