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
It so happens,—and not unlucklily for an Adam and Eve who are still in the costume that might better have befitted Eden,—it so happens that their first visit is to a fashionable dry-goods store.
From The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
We had a company of camels that might have befitted a caravan.
From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Grant Allen
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
