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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suit \Suit\, n. [OE. suite, F. suite, OF suite, sieute fr suivre to follow OF sivre; perhaps influenced by L. secta. See {Sue} to follow and cf {Sect}, {Suite}.] 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 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 --Shak. 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 sw[=e]t. 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 sw[=e]t. 7. A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set as a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. ``Two rogues in buckram suits.'' --Shak. 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, cubs, or diamonds. To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suit \Suit\, v. 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 suits with me so ill. --Addison. Syn: To agree; accord; comport; tally; correspond; match; answer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suit \Suit\, v. 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 word --Shak. 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 suits song of piety and thee. --Prior. 3. To dress; to clothe. [Obs.] So went he suited to his watery tomb. --Shak. 4. To please; to make content; as he is well suited with his place to suit one's taste. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Possessory \Pos*sess"o*ry\, a. [L. possessorius: cf F. possessoire.] Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right of the nature of possession; as a possessory interest; a possessory lord. {Possessory action} or {suit} (Law), an action to regain or obtain possession of something See under {Petitory}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suit n 1: a set of garments for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit" [syn: {suit of clothes}] 2: (law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" [syn: {lawsuit}, {case}, {cause}, {causa}] 3: a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship" [syn: {courtship}, {wooing}, {courting}] 4: a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank [syn: {suing}] 5: any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each suit has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?" v 1: be agreeable or acceptable to "This suits my needs" [syn: {accommodate}, {fit}] 2: be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me" 3: accord or comport with [syn: {befit}, {beseem}] 4: enhance the appearance of: "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" [syn: {become}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: suit n. 1. Ugly and uncomfortable `business clothing' often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a `tie', a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behavior of suit-wearers. Compare {droid}. 2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or hacker. See {pointy-haired}, {burble}, {management}, {Stupids}, {SNAFU principle}, {PHB}, and {brain-damaged}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: suit 1. Ugly and uncomfortable "business clothing" often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a "tie", a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behaviour of suit-wearers. 2. A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a techie or hacker. See {loser}, {burble}, {management}, {Stupids}, {SNAFU principle}, and {brain-damaged}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-07-01)
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