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Definition of Befitted
1. befit [v] - See also: befit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befitted
Literary usage of Befitted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"... shore such of their ships as were seaworthy, and gave themselves up to the
joy which befitted the evening of such a day. Well indeed might they rejoice. ..."
2. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in by Philippe-Paul Ségur (1825)
"Full of these sentiments, he dictated a proclamation, simple, grave, and frank,
as befitted such circumstances, and men who were not just commencing their ..."
3. Japan Opened: Compiled Chiefly from the Narrative of the American Expedition by Matthew Calbraith Perry (1858)
"Everything, however, on board the ships remained tranquil and without interruption,
as befitted the sanctity of the Christian day of rest. ..."
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