befit (befit)

t.; pret. and pp. befitted, ppr. befitting. [ Dry up your tears, Which ill befit the beauty of that face. Beau. and Fl . , Knight of Burning Pestle, ii. 3. Out of my sight, thou serpent! That name best Befits thee. Milton, P. L., x. 868. Robes befitting his degree. Drayton , Barons' Wars, iv. 21. To fit; furnish with something fit. [Rare.] He had seriously befitted him with just such a bridle and such a saddle. Sterne, Tristram Shandy. Of a suitable kind befitting (bē-fitʼing), p. a. or character; fit; proper; becoming: as, befit ting words; a befitting dre or manner. befittingly (bē-fit'ing-li), adv. In a befitting or appropriate manner; becomingly. be flatter (be-flat'er), v. t. To flatter; cajole. [ be -1 + flatter . ] beflea (bē-fle'), v. t. [ One of those bores Who beflea'd with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze. Lowell, Fable for Critics.