Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
appropriate to;
- Example: "behavior befitting a father"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Befit \Be*fit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Befitting.]
To be suitable to; to suit; to become.
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That name best befits thee. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Befitting \Be*fit"ting\, a.
Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
befitting
adj 1: appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"