Function: verb
Inflected Form: -fit · ed \ - ˌ fi-t ə d \ also -fit · ted ; -fit · ing also -fit · ting
Date: 15th century
transitive verb : to be useful or profitable to
intransitive verb : to receive benefit <has benefit ed from his experience>
– ben · e · fit · er \ - ˌ fi-t ə r \ noun