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Bible Dictionaries
Fit
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To be proper or becoming.
(2):
(v. i.) To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
(3):
(v. t.) 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.
(4):
(v. t.) 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.
(5):
imp. & p. p. of Fight.
(6):
(n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
(7):
(n.) A stroke or blow.
(8):
(n.) 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.
(9):
(n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
(10):
(n.) A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action.
(11):
(n.) A darting point; a sudden emission.
(12):
(n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.
(13):
(superl.) Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
(14):
(superl.) Prepared; ready.
(15):
(n.) The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.
(16):
(superl.) Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
(17):
(n.) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.
(18):
(v. t.) To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.
(19):
(v. t.) To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/fit.html. 1828.
