Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fitting"

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)

Fitting \Fit"ting\, n.
Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary
fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study;
gas fittings.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fitting \Fit"ting\, a.
Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- {Fit"ting*ly}, adv. --
{Fit"ting*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fitting
adj 1: in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or
occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that
field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we
should do this"
2: being precisely fitting and right [syn: {meet}]
n 1: making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
[syn: {adjustment}, {accommodation}]
2: a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
3: (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a
ship or hotel) [syn: {appointment}]
4: trying on clothes to see whether they fit [syn: {try-on}, {trying
on}]


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