Dictionary entry

Suit (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Suit, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suited; p. pr. & vb. n.Suiting.] 1. To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word. Shak.

2. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.

Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well. Dryden.

Raise her notes to that sublime degree

Which suits song of piety and thee. Prior.

3. To dress; to clothe.

So went he suited to his watery tomb. Shak.

4. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.