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VERB:1. To come to be: come, get, grow, turn (out), wax. See CHANGE. 2. To be in keeping with: befit, conform, correspond, fit1, go with, match, suit. See AGREE. 3. To look good on or with: enhance, flatter, suit. Idioms: put in the best light. See AGREE, BEAUTIFUL. 4. To be appropriate or suitable to: befit, behoove, suit. Archaic : beseem. See AGREE.
 
 
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