befit

American  

[bih-fit] / bɪˈfɪt /

verb (used with object)

befitted, befitting

1. to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit.

   His clothes befit the occasion.

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befit British  

/ bɪˈfɪt /

verb

1. (tr) to be appropriate to or suitable for

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Other Word Forms

• befitting
  adjective
• befittingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of befit

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at be-, fit ¹

Example Sentences

Befit Lab said Heeseung will remain with the label and is working on a solo album.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Turnus," she cries, "if confidence can e'er Befit the brave, I venture and I swear Singly to face yon Trojans in the fray, And stem the Tuscan cavalry.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Revile him not! the tempter hath A snare for all; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

Baldazzar Give not thy soul to dreams: the camp—the court Befit thee—Fame awaits thee—Glory calls— And her the trumpet-tongued thou wilt not hear In hearkening to imaginary sounds And phantom voices.

From Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Poe, Edgar Allan

All personal adornment's vain, Held Dr. WATTS, holds dear McDOUGALL; For dowdy dress and habits frugal Befit the Democratic strain.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 by Various