Suit
The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
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.
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Regular order; succession.
To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
To dress; to clothe.
To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
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Suit Quotations
Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.
Winston Churchill
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
William Shakespeare
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
C. S. Lewis
Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.
Henry David Thoreau
The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
Wayne Dyer
People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.
Erma Bombeck
I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste.
Johnny Depp
Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.
Sai Baba
Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions.
Nicolaus Copernicus
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Suit Translations
suit in Afrikaans is pas, pak klere
suit in Dutch is complet, stelletje, set, stel
suit in Finnish is puku, kelvata, sopia
suit in German is anpassen, Anzug {m}
suit in Italian is procedimento, vestito
suit in Latin is facio
suit in Portuguese is terno, fato
suit in Spanish is traje, ambo, pleito
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