Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fit"

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) 1.7 (wn)

fit
adj 1: meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for
discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there";
"water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see
fit to" [syn: {fit to(a)}, {fir for(a)}] [ant: {unfit}]
2: (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or
strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to
drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "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}, {conniption}]
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"; "The suspect's fingerprints do'nt match those
on the gun" [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 (something) usually for a specific purpose;
"The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food,
and other necessities" [syn: {equip}, {fit out}, {outfit}]
9: make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater" [syn: {match}]


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