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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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 furnish 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.