intransitive. To pertain, behove, be proper.

With the sense ‘is due’, ‘is proper’, ‘is to be given or applied’. Obsolete.

intransitive. With to, unto. To be the business, concern, or duty of. Also without construction: to be obligatory. Obsolete.

impersonal (now usually with it). (absol., with to, for, or clause.) To be congruous, appropriate, fitting. Obsolete, replaced by ‘it is becoming’.

To belong, pertain, or apply to a person or thing, as a possession, attribute, etc.; (also) to be… intransitive. With person or thing as subject. Obs…

intransitive. To be proper or appropriate to, esp. as a duty or responsibility; to be applicable. Also impersonal: it is proper or requisite.

intransitive. To fall by right, appertain, become, be proper or meet. Const. with dative; also for, till, to. Chiefly impersonal.

intransitive. With to (also for, unto). To be appropriate, suitable, or fitting (for); to be characteristic of; to refer or relate to. Also…

absol. To be seemly, to be becoming or fitting, to be meet: originally with qualification as in 2.

intransitive. To belong. Frequently in present participle in pertaining to. To belong as an attribute, fitting adjunct, or duty to. In early use…

With anticipatory it and clause as complement. Fitting, appropriate. Frequently in it is worthy that: it is fitting or appropriate that. Obsolete.

intransitive. Chiefly impersonal or with non-referential it as subject. To be suitable or proper; to befit. Scots Law in later use in as accords.

intransitive. To be suitable or accordant. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be proper, fitting, or appropriate. In later use frequently in as affeirs: as is appropriate; so as to suit. Frequently with to…

intransitive. To be fit, seemly, proper, or suitable. Chiefly impersonal or quasi-impersonal. Obsolete or archaic.

intransitive. With to. To be appropriate or suitable for; to accord with. Now rare.

Without const. To be fitting; to accord; to be in place, to exist. Obsolete.