Dictionary entry

Sit (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sit (?), v. t. 1. To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse. Prior.

2. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; — used reflexively.

They sat them down to weep. Milton.

Sit you down, father; rest you. Shak.

3. To suit (well or ill); to become.