| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  s t |
| NOUN: | 1a. A set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt. b. A costume for a special activity: a diving suit; a running suit. 2. A group of things used together; a set or collection: a suit of sails; a suit of tools. 3. Games Any of the four sets of 13 playing cards (clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades) in a standard deck, the members of which bear the same marks. 4. Attendance required of a vassal at his feudal lord's court or manor. 5. Law A court proceeding to recover a right or claim. 6. The act or an instance of courting a woman; courtship: She was inclined to accept his suit. 7. Slang One who wears a business suit, especially an executive. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: suit·ed, suit·ing, suits
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To meet the requirements of; fit: This candidate does not suit our qualifications. 2. To make appropriate or suitable; adapt: builders who suit the house to the owner's specifications. 3. To be appropriate for; befit: a color that suits you. 4. To please; satisfy: a choice that suits us all. 5. To provide with clothing; dress: The NCOs suited the recruits in green uniforms. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To be suitable or acceptable. 2. To be in accord; agree or match. | | PHRASAL VERB: | suit up To put on clothing designed for a special activity: suits up in shorts for a jog. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English sute, from Anglo-Norman, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, act of following, feminine of *sequitus, past participle of *sequere, to follow, from Latin sequ . See suitor.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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