[syn: fitting, meet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fitting.]
1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended;
to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or
preparation.
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The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke.
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The very situation for which he was peculiarly
fitted by nature. --Macaulay.
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2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to
adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the
work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.
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The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he
fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv.
13.
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3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that
is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
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No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves.
--Shak.
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4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be
correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits
you, put it on.
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That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions.
--Shak.
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That time best fits the work. --Shak.
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To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to
furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.
To fit up, to furnish with things suitable; to make proper
for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to
fit up a room for a guest.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, n.
Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary
fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study;
gas fittings.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.
Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fit"ting*ly, adv. --
Fit"ting*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fitting
adj 1: in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or
occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that
field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we
should do this"
2: being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she
should be seated first" [syn: fitting, meet]
n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
[syn: adjustment, accommodation, fitting]
2: a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a
ship or hotel) [syn: appointment, fitting]
4: putting clothes on to see whether they fit [syn: fitting,
try-on, trying on]