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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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