besuit

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From be- +‎ suit.

Verb[edit]

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
    • 1905, Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations:
      [] Stopping thrice at the creature's head,
      While with solemn face, besuiting the time, []
    • 2018, Elizabeth Bear, The Edda of Burdens Trilogy:
      “Weak I am and woman; witchery besuits me— What warrants war-leader, to womanish ways?”

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