Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suited"

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

suited
adj 1: meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable
(or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit)
time for flippancy" [syn: {appropriate}, {suitable}]
2: outfitted or supplied with clothing; "recruits suited in
green"


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