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Webster 1913 Edition
Fit
Fit
,Noun.
[AS.
fitt
a song.] In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.
[Written also
fitte
, fytte
, etc.] To play some pleasant
fit
. Spenser.
Fit
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Fitter
(fĭt′tẽr)
; sup
erl.
Fittest
(fĭt′tĕst)
.] [OE.
fit
, fyt
; cf. E. feat
neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja
to web, knit, OD. vitten
to suit, square, Goth. fētjan
to adorn. √77.] 1.
Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualities, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
That which ordinary men are
fit
for, I am qualified in. Shakespeare
Fit
audience find, though few. Milton.
2.
Prepared; ready.
[Obs.]
So
her foes who first her quarry’s strength should feel.
fit
to shoot, she singled forth amongher foes who first her quarry’s strength should feel.
Fairfax.
3.
Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
Syn. – Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.
Fit
,Verb.
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.
The time is
fitted
for the duty. Burke.
The very situation for which he was peculiarly
fitted
by nature. Macaulay.
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. Is. xliv. 13.
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. Shakespeare
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 onThat's a bountiful answer that
fits
all questions. Shakespeare
That time best
fits
the work. Shakespeare
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
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be proper or becoming.
Nor
fits
it to prolong the feast. Pope.
2.
To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted;
as, his coat
. fits
very wellFit
,Noun.
1.
The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
2.
(Mach.)
(a)
The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
(b)
The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
Fit rod
(Shipbuilding)
, a gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the bolt required.
Knight.
Fit
,Noun.
[AS.
fit
strife, fight; of uncertain origin. √ 77.] 1.
A stroke or blow.
[Obs. or R.]
Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin,
That keeps thy body from the bitter
That keeps thy body from the bitter
fit
. Spenser.
2.
A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease;
as, a
. fit
of sicknessAnd when the
How he did shake.
fit
was on him, I did markHow he did shake.
Shakespeare
3.
A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm;
as, a
. fit
of melancholy, of passion, or of laughterAll
fits
of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. Swift.
The English, however, were on this subject prone to
fits
of jealously. Macaulay.
4.
A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulsive and irregular action.
The
fits
of the season. Shakespeare
5.
A darting point; a sudden emission.
[R.]
A tongue of light, a
fit
of flame. Coleridge.
By fits
, By fits and starts
by intervals of action and repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fit
FIT
,Noun.
1.
The invasion, exacerbation or paroxysm of a disease. We apply the word to the return of an ague, after intermission, as a cold fit. We apply it to the first attack, or to the return of other diseases, as a fit of the gout or stone; and in general, to a disease however continued, as a fit of sickness.2.
A sudden and violent attack of disorder, in which the body is often convulsed, and sometimes senseless; as a fit of apoplexy or epilepsy; hysteric fits.3.
Any short return after intermission; a turn; a period or interval. He moves by fits and starts.By fits my swelling grief appears.
4.
A temporary affection or attack; as a fit of melancholy, or of grief; a fit of pleasure.5.
Disorder; distemperature.6.
Anciently, a song, or part of a song; a strain; a canto.FIT
,Adj.
1.
Suitable; convenient; meet; becoming.Is it fit to say to a king, thou art wicked? Job 34.
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Col. 3.
2.
Qualified; as men of valor fit for war.No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9.
FIT
, v.t.1.
To adapt; to suit; to make suitable.The carpenter - marketh it out like a line, he fitteth it with planes. Is. 44.
2.
To accommodate a person with any thing; as, the tailor fits his customer with a coat. The original phrase is, he fits a coat to his customer. But the phrase implies also furnishing, providing a thing suitable for another.3.
To prepare; to put in order for; to furnish with things proper or necessary; as, to fit a ship for a long voyage. Fit yourself for action or defense.4.
To qualify; to prepare; as, to fit a student for college.To fit out, to furnish; to equip; to supply with necessaries or means; as, to fit out a privateer.
To fit up, to prepare; to furnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; as, to fit up a house for a guest.
FIT
, v.i.1.
To be proper or becoming.Nor fits it to prolong the feast.
2.
To suit or be suitable; to be adapted. His coat fits very well. But this is an elliptical phrase.