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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fit \Fit\, a. [Compar. {Fitter}; superl. {Fittest}.] [OE. fit
fyt; cf E. feat neat, elegant, well made or icel. fitja to
web, knit, OD vitten to suit, square, Goth. f?tjan to adorn.
? 77.]
1. Adapted to an end object, or design; suitable by nature
or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances,
education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
That which ordinary men are fit for I am qualified
in --Shak.
Fit audience find though few --Milton.
2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]
So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes
who first her quarry's strength should feel
--Fairfax.
3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste;
convenient; meet becoming; proper.
Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? --Job
xxxiv 18.
Syn: Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet becoming;
expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt;
adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.
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