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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
befit
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ They gave him a funeral befitting a national hero.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As befits its relatively young geological age, the specimen is preserved with its original shell material.
▪ As befits the owners of an elitist newspaper, the Sulzbergers are patricians.
▪ It is an extremely arduous and difficult process, as befits something which is of such vital importance to us.
▪ It should have been cold and raining as befitted a funeral.
▪ They believe, because they want to believe it, that he is offering disinterested advice, as best befits their needs.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Befit

Befit \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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
befit

mid-15c., from be- + fit (v.). Related: Befitted; befitting.

Wiktionary
befit

vb. to be fit for

WordNet
befit

  1. v. accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" [syn: suit, beseem]

  2. [also: befitting, befitted]

Usage examples of "befit".

Down below, Alayne must dress modestly, as befit a girl of modest birth.

Objection 1: It would seem that it is not befitting to a Divine Person to assume a created nature.

Therefore, since to assume is to take to oneself, and consequently what is assumed is added to the one who assumes, it does not seem to be befitting to a Divine Person to assume a created nature.

Hence it is plain that to assume a nature is most properly befitting to a Person.

Objection 1: It would seem that it is not befitting to the Divine Nature to assume.

Hence it is not befitting to the Divine Nature to assume human nature.

What is befitting to the Divine Nature in Itself is befitting to the three Persons, as goodness, wisdom, and the like.

But to assume belongs to It by reason of the Person of the Word, as was said above, and hence it is befitting to that Person alone.

If, therefore, Christ, as man, was predestinated the Son of God, it will follow that this is befitting to any other man.

Something may be befitting to a man by reason of human nature, in two ways.

First, so that human nature be the cause thereof: thus risibility is befitting to Socrates by reason of human nature, being caused by its principles.

In this manner predestination is not befitting either to Christ or to any other man, by reason of human nature.

Secondly, a thing may be befitting to someone by reason of human nature, because human nature is susceptible of it.

The use of miracles did not become her while she lived: because at that time the Teaching of Christ was to be confirmed by miracles, and therefore it was befitting that Christ alone, and His disciples who were the bearers of His doctrine, should work miracles.

Therefore it was not befitting that either Jeremias or John the Baptist should be sanctified in the womb.