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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suitable
adj
  1. meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"
    Synonym(s): suitable, suited
  2. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"
    Synonym(s): desirable, suitable, worthy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suitable \Suit"a*ble\, a.
      Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming;
      agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station;
      language suitable for the subject. -- {Suit"a*ble*ness}, n.
      -- {Suit"a*bly}, adv.
  
      Syn: Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant; agreeable;
               competent; correspondent; compatible; consonant;
               congruous; consistent.
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