Suit > define

• (v.t.) To dress; to clothe.
• (v.t.) To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
• (v.t.) To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
• (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.
• (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.
• (n.) Regular order; succession.
• (v.i.) To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
• (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.
• (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.
• (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.
• (v.t.) To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
• (n.) The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
• (n.) The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
• (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.

noun

• A set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color.
  • usage: "they buried him in his best suit"
  • synonyms: suit of clothes
• A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
  • usage: "the family brought suit against the landlord"
  • synonyms: lawsuit, case, cause, causa
• Slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit. (
  • usage: "all the suits care about is the bottom line"
• A man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage. )
  • usage: "its was a brief and intense courtship"
  • synonyms: courtship, wooing, courting
• A petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank.
• Playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color.
  • usage: "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps"

verb

• Be agreeable or acceptable to.
  • usage: "This suits my needs"
  • synonyms: accommodate, fit
• Be agreeable or acceptable.
  • usage: "This time suits me"
• Accord or comport with.
  • usage: "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman"
  • synonyms: befit, beseem
• Enhance the appearance of.
  • usage: "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you"
  • synonyms: become