ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ING2.] Fitting, suitable, becoming, due.

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1564.  Harrington, To Isa. Markham, 8. The lipps [speake] befitting wordes moste kynde.

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1875.  E. White, Life in Christ, 215. This must be done with a befitting sense of awe.

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