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Webster 1913 Edition
Suit
Suit
(sūt)
, Noun.
1.
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
[Obs.]
2.
The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
Thenceforth the
suit
of earthly conquest shone. Spenser.
3.
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
Rebate your loves, each rival
Till this funereal web my labors end.
suit
suspend,Till this funereal web my labors end.
Pope.
4.
(Law)
The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal;
as, a civil
suit
; a criminal suit
; a suit
in chancery.I arrest thee at the
suit
of Count Orsino. Shakespeare
In England the several
suits
, or remedial instruments of justice, are distinguished into three kinds – actions personal, real, and mixed. Blackstone.
5.
That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; – often written
suite
, and pronounced swēt
. 6.
Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; – often written
suite
, and pronounced swēt
. 8.
(Playing Cards)
One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; – each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, clubs, or diamonds; also, the members of each such suit held by a player in certain games, such as bridge;
as, hearts were her long
. suit
To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort
Her mingled
Her mingled
suits
and sequences. Cowper.
9.
Regular order; succession.
[Obs.]
Every five and thirty years the same kind and
suit
of weather comes again. Bacon.
10.
Hence: (derived from def 7)
Someone who dresses in a business suit, as contrasted with more informal attire;
specifically,
a person, such as business executive, or government official, who is apt to view a situation formalistically, bureaucratically, or according to formal procedural criteria; – used derogatively for one who is inflexible, esp. when a more humanistic or imaginative approach would be appropriate.
Suit
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Suited
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Suiting
.] 1.
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable;
as, to
. suit
the action to the wordShak.
2.
To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
Ill
suits
his cloth the praise of railing well. Dryden.
Raise her notes to that sublime degree
Which
Which
suits
song of piety and thee. Prior.
3.
To dress; to clothe.
[Obs.]
So went he
suited
to his watery tomb. Shakespeare
4.
To please; to make content;
as, he is well
. suited
with his place; to suit
one’s tasteSuit
,Verb.
I.
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; – usually followed by with or to.
The place itself was
suiting
to his care. Dryden.
Give me not an office
That
That
suits
with me so ill. Addison.
Syn. – To agree; accord; comport; tally; correspond; match; answer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suit
SUIT
,Noun.
1.
Consecution; succession; series; regular order; as the same kind and suit of weather. [Not now so applied.]2.
A set; a number of things used together, and in a degree necessary to be united, in order to answer the purpose; as a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; sometimes with less dependence of the particular parts on each other, but still united in use; as a suit of clothes; a suit of apartments.3.
A set of the same kind or stamp, as a suit of cards.4.
Retinue; a company or number of attendants or followers; attendance; train; as a nobleman and his suit. [This is sometimes pronounced as a French word, sweet; but in all its senses, this is the same word, and the affectation of making it French in one use and English in another, is improper, not to say ridiculous.]5.
A petition; a seeking for something by petition or application. Many shall make suit to thee. Job 11.
6.
Solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.7.
In law, an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery. In England, the several suits or remedial instruments of justice, are distinguished into three kinds, actions personal, real, and mixed.
8.
Pursuit; prosecution; chase.Suit and service, in feudal law, the duty of feudatories to attend the courts of their lords or superiors in time of peace, and in war, to follow them and perform military service.
To bring suit, a phrase in law, denoting literally to bring secta, followers or witnesses to prove the plaintif's demand. The phrase is antiquated, or rather it has changed its signification; for to bring a suit, now is to institute an action.
Out of suits, having no correspondence.
Suit-covenant, in law, is a covenant to sue at a certain court.
Suit-court, in law, the court in which tenants owe attendance to their lord.
SUIT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To become; to be fitted to. Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well.
Raise her notes to that sublime degree,
Which suits a song of piety and thee.
2.
To dress; to clothe. Such a Sebastian was by brother too,
So went he suited to his watery tomb.
3.
To please; to make content. He is well suited with his place.SUIT
,Verb.
I.
Give me not an office
That suits with me so ill--
The place itself was suiting to his care.
[The use of with, after suit, is now most frequent.]