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verb

Fit v. t. (past & past part. fitted; pres. part. fitting)

1.

To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. "The time is fitted for the duty." "The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature."

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. "The carpenter... marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes."

3.

To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. "No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves."

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. "That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions." "That time best fits the work."

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.

Fit v. i.

1.

To be proper or becoming. "Nor fits it to prolong the feast."

2.

To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.

noun

Fitting n. Anything used in fitting up; especially

Fitting n. Necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.

adjective

Fitting adj. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.

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"Fitting" Quotes from Famous Books

... generally, have no proper idea of the black man's nature. God seems to have given him docility and gentleness, that he may be a slave till the time comes for him to be something else. So He has given the Jews their peculiarities, fitting them for His purposes with regard to them; and to the Irish laborer He has given his willingness and strength to dig, making him the builder of your railways. If we fulfil our trust, with regard to the blacks, according ...

— The Sable Cloud - A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) • Nehemiah Adams

... men may bear the open signs of rule. Humility is safety! could men learn The law, "ne sutor ultra crepidam," And the sagacious cobbler, at his last, Content himself with paring leather down To heel and instep, nicely fitting parts, In proper adaptation, to the foot, We might ...

— War Poetry of the South • Various

... death of their brothers. A herald interrupts them in the midst of their lamentations to announce to them the decree of the senate, which is that Eteocles, on account of his attachment to his country, though a fratricide, shall be honored with fitting funeral rites, but that Polynices, the would-be overturner of his native city, shall be cast out unburied, a prey ...

— Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes • Aeschylus

... little envy, because when thou wast here I did the same. Now that my husband is away, it is not meet that I make myself too seemly for other eyes. The rouge brush and the powder have not been near my face, and I have searched my clothing chests to find gowns fitting for ...

— My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard • Elizabeth Cooper

... required by the necessities of life. Georgiana had been as hard to her sister as to her father, and Sophia in her quiet way resented the affront. She was now almost reconciled to the sojourn in the country, because it inflicted a fitting punishment on Georgiana, and the presence of Mr Whitstable at a distance of not more than ten miles did of course make a difference to herself. Lady Pomona complained of a headache, which was always an excuse with her for not speaking;—and Mr Longestaffe went to sleep. Georgiana ...

— The Way We Live Now • Anthony Trollope

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