Fit

fit, adj. adapted to any particular end or standard, prepared for: qualified: convenient: proper: properly trained and ready, as for a race.— v.t. to make fit or suitable: to suit one thing to another: to be adapted to: to qualify.— v.i. to be suitable or becoming:— pr.p. fit′ting; pa.p. fit′ted. — advs. Fit′liest ( Milt. ), most fitly; Fit′ly .— ns. Fit′ment ( Shak. ), something fitted to an end; Fit′ne ; Fit′ter , he who, or that which, makes fit.— adj. Fit′ting , fit: appropriate.— n. anything used in fitting up, esp. in pl. — adv. Fit′tingly .— ns. Fit′ting-out , a supply of things, fit and nece ary; Fit′ting-shop , a shop in which pieces of machinery are fitted together.— Fit out , to furnish, supply with stores, as a ship; Fit up , to provide with things suitable.— Not fit to hold a candle to (see Candle ). [First recorded about 1440; app. cog. with Fit , n. ]