Dictionary entry

Fit (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fit, a. [Compar.Fitter (–tẽr); superl.Fittest (tĕst).] [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.

That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. Shak.

Fit audience find, though few. Milton.

2. Prepared; ready.

So fit to shoot, she singled forth among

her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. Fairfax.

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

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.