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for Befitting
From 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Befitting \Be*fit"ting\, a.
Suitable; proper; becoming; fitting.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
befitting
adj 1: appropriate to; "behavior befitting a father"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "befitting":
a propos, ad rem, adapted, advantageous, advisable, applicable,
apposite, appropriate, appropriate to, apropos, apt, auspicious,
becoming, comme il faut, conforming, congruous, convenient,
correct, decent, desirable, dovetailing, due, expedient, favorable,
feasible, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, fortunate,
fructuous, geared, good, happy, just, just right, likely, lucky,
meet, meshing, nice, on the button, opportune, pat, politic,
profitable, proper, proper to, propitious, providential, qualified,
recommendable, relevant, right, ripe, seasonable, seemly, sortable,
suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, timely, to be desired,
to the point, to the purpose, useful, well-timed, wise,
worthwhile
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