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befit

Pronunciation:  bi'fit

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  accord or comport with
 
 Synonyms: beseem, suit
 
 See Also: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Be*fit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Befitting}.]
To be suitable to; to suit; to become.

      That name best befits thee.              --Milton.

 
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 Related Terms: advance, advantage, agree with, answer, be bound, be obligated, be obliged, be right, become, befitting, behoove, benefit, beseem, do the trick, fill the bill, fit, forward, go together, not come amiss, owe it to, profit, promote, serve, suit the occasion, work
 

 

 

 

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