befit
verb (used with object)
to be proper or appropriate for; suit; fit.
have befitted
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present perfectof befit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Apart from Serena Williams' farewell, this was the biggest blockbuster of the tournament so far and a match-up between two entertaining players which would have befitted the latter stages.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2022
At the historic Madeleine church, her flag-bedecked coffin was carried past an honor guard, as would have befitted an army veteran.
From Time Magazine Archive
Liza still stood in the doorway with an august severity of pose that would have befitted Cassandra at the porch.
From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Sir Hall Caine
She was dressed in a garb which would have befitted a postulant for a religious order, and her sweet seriousness, and altogether becoming demeanour, charmed the Reverend Reginald.
From Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by David Dwight Wells
This arrangement was not modish, but it was becoming—the only arrangement, in fact, that would have befitted her features, which resembled those of the Cleopatra unearthed by Lieutenant Gorringe.
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Edgar Saltus
