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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The time is fitted for the duty. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. Is. xliv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. [ 1913 Webster ]

No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

That time best fits the work. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Fight. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) (a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact. (b) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. √ 77. ] 1. A stroke or blow. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin,
That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

The English, however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealously. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulsive and irregular action. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fits of the season. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A tongue of light, a fit of flame. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

By fits,
By fits and starts, by intervals of action and repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To play some pleasant fit. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. fētjan to adorn. √77. ] 1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualities, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fit audience find, though few. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Prepared; ready. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So fit to shoot, she singled forth among
her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fitches [ See Vetch. ] 1. (Bot.) A vetch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. of fitched. ] (Zool.) The European polecat; also, its fur. [ 1913 Webster ]