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verb

Fit v. t. (past & past part. fitted; pres. part. 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." "The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature."

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."

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."

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." "That time best fits the work."

To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer.

To fit up, to furnish 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.

Fit v. i.

1.

To be proper or becoming. "Nor fits it to prolong the feast."

2.

To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.

noun

Fitting n. Anything used in fitting up; especially

Fitting n. Necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.

adjective

Fitting adj. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fitting" Quotes from Famous Books

... he managed to go over to her and extend his hand. The notion that a telepath would turn out to be this mind-searing Epitome had never crossed his mind, but now, somehow, it seemed perfectly fitting ...

— That Sweet Little Old Lady • Gordon Randall Garrett (AKA Mark Phillips)

... her—that of course was what he had done. Stransom made it all out in solitude, at leisure, fitting the unmatched pieces gradually together and dealing one by one with a hundred obscure points. She had known Hague only after her present friend's relations with him had wholly terminated; obviously indeed a good while after; and it was natural enough that of his ...

— The Altar of the Dead • Henry James

... from exciting pity, he roused in me feelings of the warmest enthusiasm. So far from seeming to ask for sympathy, he compelled admiration by force of his splendid pantomime, in witnessing which one forgot he had no voice, or remembered it only to see in the fact a fitting feature of the old portier he was playing. In the midst of my admiration for the actor, however, I studied the man himself; and I saw that he dominated his fellow-actors with a will of the most imperious sort. He swept along the action of the piece, and manipulated the rather poor company ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 • Various

... so," answered Andrews indifferently. "This engine was supposed to haul the regular train, but we had to take it for this work. Powder is more important than passengers these days. They were fitting out another passenger train at Atlanta when ...

— Tom of the Raiders • Austin Bishop

... outward accidents conduce much to fortune; favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue. But chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. Faber quisque fortunae suae, saith the poet. And the most frequent of external causes is, that the folly of one man, is the fortune of another. For no man prospers so suddenly, as by others' errors. Serpens nisi serpentem ...

— Essays - The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. - Verulam Viscount St. Albans • Francis Bacon

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