suit

1. n. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. Source: opted

2. n. The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor. Source: opted

3. n. The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship. Source: opted

4. n. The attempt to gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery. Source: opted

5. n. That which follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t. Source: opted

6. n. Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t. Source: opted

7. n. A number of things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes. Source: opted

8. n. One of the four sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds. Source: opted

9. n. Regular order; succession. Source: opted

10. v. t. To fit; to word/adapt">adapt; to make word/proper">proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word. Source: opted

11. v. t. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit. Source: opted

12. v. t. To dress; to clothe. Source: opted

13. v. t. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste. Source: opted

14. v. i. To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to. Source: opted

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