suitor (sutor)

i. [ Counts a many, and Dukes a few, A suitoring came to my father's Hall. Barham , In golds by Legends. suitor cide (sū'tor-sid), a . [ suitor +L. -cidium , a killing, cædere , kill.] Suitor-killing; fatal to suitors. [Rare and humorous.] Not a murmur against any abuse was as permitted; to say a word against the suitor cide delays of the Court of Chanwas bitterly and steadily resented. cery. Sydney Smith , in Lady Holland, ii. suitre (sū'tres), n. [ Beshrew me, but 'twere pity of his heart That could refuse a boon to such a suit're . Rowe , Jane Shore, iii. 1. suit-shape (sūt'shāp), n. A fashion; a model. [Rare.] This fashion-monger, each morn 'fore he rise, Contemplates suit - shapes , and, once from out his bed, He hath them straight full lively portrayed. Marston, Scourge of Villanie, xi. 164. suitył (sū'ti), a. Suitable; fitting. In loue, in care, in diligence and dutie, Be thou her sonne, sith this to sonnes is sutie. Davies, Holy Roode, p. 18. ( Davies .) suivez (swē-vā'). [F.: 2d pers. pl. pres. impv. of suivre, follow: see suel.] In music, a direction to an accompanist to adapt his tempo and style closely to those of the soloist.