[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fit \fit\, v. i.
   1. to be proper or becoming.
      1913 webster

            nor fits it to prolong the feast.     --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to
      be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fit \fit\ fi^t,
   imp.  p. p. of fight. obs. or colloq.
   1913 webster
see also:
fight 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      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.
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   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
see also:
fitted fitting to fit out to fit up 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         to play some pleasant fit.               --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
fitte fytte 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fit \fit\, a. compar. fitter fi^t"t~er; superl.
   fittest fi^t"te^st. oe. fit, fyt; cf. e. feat neat,
   elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, od. vitten
   to suit, square, goth. f=etjan to adorn. root77.
   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
see also:
fitter fittest 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fit \fit\, 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
see also:
fit rod 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fit \fit\, n. as. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin.
   root 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
see also:
by fits by fits and starts 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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 toa, fit fora 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:
         fitp, primedp, setp
     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"; "convulsions of laughter" syn: paroxysm,
         convulsion
     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 piece won't fit into the puzzle" syn: go
     3: satisfy a condition or restriction; "does this paper meet
        the requirements for the degree?" 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 don't 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
     also: fitting, fitted, fittest, fitter
see also:
fit toa fit fora unfit fitp primedp setp 
healthy tantrum scene conniption paroxysm 
convulsion burst suit accommodate go 
meet conform to match correspond check 
jibe gibe tally agree disagree 
equip fit out outfit fitting fitted 
fittest fitter 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

528 moby thesaurus words for "fit":
   jacksonian epilepsy, rolandic epilepsy, a propos,
   abdominal epilepsy, able, acceptable, access, accommodate,
   accommodate with, accord, according to hoyle, accouter,
   acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, ad rem, adapt, adapt to,
   adaptation, adapted, adequate, adjust, adjust to, adjusted,
   adjustment, admissible, ado, advance, advantage, advantageous,
   advisable, affect epilepsy, agitation, agree with,
   akinetic epilepsy, alive and kicking, alter, ameliorate, amok,
   ample, answer, apoplexy, applicable, appoint, apposite, apprentice,
   appropriate, apropos, apt, arm, arrest, assimilate, assimilate to,
   attack, attune, au fait, auspicious, autonomic epilepsy, balance,
   balanced, barely sufficient, be ok, be guided by, be right,
   be there, become, becoming, befit, befitting, belong, bend,
   benefit, better, blaze, blockage, bother, botheration, break,
   break in, break up, breakup, breed, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,
   bring up, bunkum, burst, bustle, cancel, capable, capacitate,
   caparison, cardiac epilepsy, cat fit, cataclysm, change,
   checked out, chime in with, chipper, climax, clonic spasm, clonus,
   comely, commensurate, commotion, compensate, competent, comply,
   comply with, compose, condign, condition, conditioning, conform,
   congruous, conniption, conniption fit, consonant, convenient,
   convert, convulsion, coordinate, correct, correspond,
   corresponding, cortical epilepsy, costume, counterbalance,
   counterpoise, countervail, cramp, cultivate, cursive epilepsy,
   cut to, cyclone, decent, decorous, defensible, deform, denature,
   deserved, desirable, develop, diastrophism, disaster, discipline,
   disguise, diurnal epilepsy, diversify, do, do the job,
   do the trick, dovetailing, dress, drill, duck fit, due, eclampsia,
   efficient, eligible, enable, enablement, enfranchised,
   enjoying health, enough, epilepsia, epilepsia gravior,
   epilepsia major, epilepsia minor, epilepsia mitior,
   epilepsia nutans, epilepsia tarda, epilepsy, epitasis, equal to,
   equalize, equate, equip, equipment, equitable, eruption, eupeptic,
   even, even up, evenhanded, exercise, expedient, explosion, fair,
   fair and square, fall in with, falling sickness, favorable,
   feasible, feery-fary, felicitous, ferment, fetch up, fever,
   fidgetiness, fill the bill, fine, fit and fine, fit in,
   fit of anger, fit of temper, fit out, fit up, fitted, fitted for,
   fitten, fitting, fix, flap, flare-up, flurry, fluster, flutter,
   flutteriness, focal epilepsy, follow, form, fortunate, forward,
   foster, frenzy, fructuous, full of beans, furnish, furnishing,
   furor, fury, fuss, fussiness, gale, gear, gear to, geared, get, go,
   go by, go together, good, good enough, grand mal, grip, groom,
   gust, habit, hale, happy, harmonize, haute mal, have its place,
   have place, healthful, healthy, heel, homologate, homologize,
   house-train, housebreak, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurricane,
   hysterical epilepsy, ictus, improve, in condition, in fine fettle,
   in fine whack, in good case, in good health, in good shape,
   in health, in high feather, in mint condition, in shape,
   in the pink, inspired, integrate, irruption, journeyman, just,
   just right, justifiable, justified, key to, kosher,
   larval epilepsy, laryngeal epilepsy, laryngospasm, latent epilepsy,
   lawful, legal, level, lick into shape, likely, lockjaw, lucky,
   maelstrom, make conform, make plumb, make uniform, make up, man,
   masquerade, matutinal epilepsy, measure, meet, meet and right,
   meliorate, menstrual epilepsy, merited, meshing, minimal, minimum,
   mitigate, modify, modulate, mold, munition, murderous insanity,
   musicogenic epilepsy, mutate, myoclonous epilepsy, nice,
   nocturnal epilepsy, normal, normative, not come amiss, nurse,
   nurture, observe, occlusion, on the button, opportune, orgasm,
   outbreak, outburst, outfit, overthrow, paroxysm, pat, petit mal,
   physiologic epilepsy, plenty, plenty good enough, poise, politic,
   pother, practice, prepare, proficient, profit, profitable, promote,
   proper, propitious, proportion, proportionate, providential,
   psychic epilepsy, psychokinesia, psychomotor epilepsy, put in trim,
   put in tune, put to school, quadrate, quake, qualification,
   qualified, qualify, rage, raise, re-create, ready, realign, rear,
   rebuild, recommendable, reconcile, reconstruct, rectify, redesign,
   refit, reflex epilepsy, reform, regulate, rehearse, relate,
   relevant, remake, renew, reshape, restlessness, restructure,
   revamp, revive, rig, rig out, rig up, right, right and proper,
   righteous, rightful, ring the changes, ripe, rotatoria,
   rub off corners, sane, satisfactory, scramble, seasonable, seemly,
   seizure, send to school, sensory epilepsy, serial epilepsy, serve,
   set, set right, settle, sexual climax, shape, shift the scene,
   shuffle the cards, similarize, sortable, sound, spasm, spell,
   spurt, square, staff, stew, stir, stoppage, storm, straighten,
   stretch, strike a balance, stroke, substantial, subvert,
   sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suit, suit the occasion,
   suitable, suited, suiting, sweat, swirl, sync, synchronize, tailor,
   tailored, take in hand, tally with, tantrum, tardy epilepsy,
   temblor, temper tantrum, tempest, tetanus, tetany, throes,
   thromboembolism, thrombosis, tidal wave, timely, to be desired,
   to the point, to the purpose, to-do, tolerable, tonic epilepsy,
   tonic spasm, tornado, torsion spasm, train, traumatic epilepsy,
   trim to, trismus, true, true up, tsunami, tumult, tune, tuning,
   turn, turn out, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide,
   turn upside down, ucinate epilepsy, uniform, unquiet, up to,
   up to snuff, upheaval, useful, vary, visitation, vortex,
   warrantable, warranted, well, well-chosen, well-expressed,
   well-fitted, well-put, well-qualified, well-suited, well-timed,
   whirl, whirlwind, wholesome, wise, with voice, with vote, work,
   work a change, worsen, worthwhile, worthy, yield

[10] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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