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befitted

befitted is the simple past and past participle of befit.

Meaning of befit

Verb

befit (third-person singular simple present befits, present participle befitting, simple past and past participle befitted or befit)

  1. to be fit for
    • His conduct was not befitting an officer of his station.
    Synonyms:
    behoove, behove, pertain

Questions about befitted

What is befitted the simple past and past participle of?
Befitted is the simple past and past participle of befit.

Words near befitted in the dictionary

  1. befinned
  2. befiperide
  3. befiradol
  4. befit
  5. befits
  6. befitted
  7. befittest
  8. befitteth
  9. befitting
  10. befittingly
  11. befittingness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: befitted (page history and authors); befit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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