unbefit

verb — 2 senses

unbefit

verb

1

Archaic, Rare Not to befit or suit; to be inappropriate for.

I cannot think upon thee with the esteem Thy talents should have won thee; and the page, Which for a fallen enemy could teem With scorn; or with the dead its warfare wage; Would shame the bard, not thee, and unbefit the age.1822, Bernard Barton, Napoleon and Other Poems, page 56:

2

Archaic, Rare To make unfit or unsuitable.

No stain tarnishes the trappings to unbefit them for the adornment and control of the well groomed animal that restlessly confesses to his new experience.1874, Journal of Materia Medica, volume 13, page 161:

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