Suit
Definition of Suit
Pronunciation: swēt | n. | 1. | The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. | | 2. | The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. | | 3. | The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship. | | 4. | (Law) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery. | | 5. | That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; - often written suite, and pronounced swēt. | | 6. | Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; - often written suite, and pronounced swēt. | | 7. | A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes; a three-piece business suit. | | 8. | (Playing Cards) One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; - each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, clubs, or diamonds; also, the members of each such suit held by a player in certain games, such as bridge; as, hearts were her long suit. | | 9. | Regular order; succession. | | 10. | Someone who dresses in a business suit, as contrasted with more informal attire; | | v. t. | 1. | To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word. | | 2. | To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit. | | 3. | To dress; to clothe. | | 4. | To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste. | | v. i. | 1. | To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; - usually followed by with or to. |
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