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English Dictionary: fitting	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fitting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fitting adj in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first" Synonym(s): fitting, meet n making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances Synonym(s): adjustment, accommodation, fitting a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) Synonym(s): appointment, fitting putting clothes on to see whether they fit Synonym(s): fitting, try-on, trying on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fit \Fit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fitting}.] 1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke. The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. --Macaulay. 2. 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. The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv. 13. 3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. 4. 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. That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. --Shak. That time best fits the work. --Shak. {To fit out}, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer. {To fit up}, to firnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to fit up a room for a guest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, n. Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fitting \Fit"ting\, a. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- {Fit"tingly}, adv. -- {Fit"tingness}, n. --Jer. Taylor.