befit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb accord or comport with
    beseem; suit.
    • This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!

WordNet


Be*fit" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Befitted; present participle & verbal noun Befitting
Definitions
  1. To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
    That name best befits thee. Milton.

Webster 1913