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besuit

besuit verb: to be fitting or appropriate; befit; suit.

Verb

besuit (third-person singular simple present besuits, present participle besuiting, simple past and past participle besuited)

  1. (transitive) To be fitting or appropriate; befit; suit
    • […] Stopping thrice at the creature's head,
      While with solemn face, besuiting the time, […]1905, Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations
    • “Weak I am and woman; witchery besuits me— What warrants war-leader, to womanish ways?”2018, Elizabeth Bear, The Edda of Burdens Trilogy

Forms of besuit

third-person singular presentbesuits
present participlebesuiting
past participlebesuited
pastbesuited

Origin of besuit

From be- + suit.

Questions about besuit

What does besuit mean?
Besuit means to be fitting or appropriate; befit; suit.
What part of speech is besuit?
Besuit is a verb.
What is the past tense of besuit?
The past tense of besuit is besuited.

Words near besuit in the dictionary

  1. Bestwick
  2. Bestwicks
  3. Bestwood
  4. Bestwood Village
  5. besty
  6. besuit
  7. besuited
  8. besuiting
  9. besuits
  10. besullied
  11. besullies

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