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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fit \Fit\, imp. & p. p. of {Fight}. [Obs. or Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fit \Fit\, n. [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. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fit \Fit\, v. 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 well From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. --Shak. 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. --Shak. That time best fits the work --Shak. {To fit out}, to supply with necessaries or means to furnish; to equip; as to fit out a privateer. {To fit up}, to firnish 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fit \Fit\, n. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fit \Fit\, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. [root] 77.] 1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.] Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin, 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 sickness. And when the fit was on him I did mark How he did shake. --Shak. 3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter. All 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 insction; an impulse and irregular action The fits of the season. --Shak. 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 re?pose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fit adj 1: meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you think fit" [ant: {unfit}] 2: (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" [syn: {fit(p)}, {primed(p)}, {set(p)}] 3: physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise" [syn: {healthy}] [ant: {unfit}] n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: {tantrum}, {scene}] 2: a sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing" [syn: {paroxysm}] 3: the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat" 4: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" [syn: {burst}] v 1: be agreeable or acceptable to "This suits my needs" [syn: {suit}, {accommodate}] 2: be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This skirt won't go around your waist" [syn: {go}] 3: of a condition or restriction [syn: {meet}, {conform to}] 4: make fit "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out" 5: insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment" 6: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" [syn: {match}, {correspond}, {check}, {jibe}, {gibe}, {tally}, {agree}] [ant: {disagree}] 7: conform to some shape or size; "How does this shirt fit?" 8: provide with equipment [syn: {equip}, {fit out}, {outfit}] 9: make match or correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater" [syn: {match}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: FIT Failures In Time
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