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suitest

suitest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of suit.

Meaning of suit

Verb

suit (third-person singular simple present suits, present participle suiting, simple past and past participle suited)

  1. (transitive) To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
    • but let your owne Diſcretion be your Tutor: Sute the Action to the Word, the Word to the Action,c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (transitive, hairstyle or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
    • The ripped jeans didn't suit her elegant image.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To be appropriate or apt for.
    • The nickname "Bullet" suits her, since she is a fast runner.
  4. (intransitive, most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.
    • So went he suited to his watery tomb.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  5. (intransitive, transitive) To please; to make content; to fit someone's (or one's own) taste.
    • will build to suit [on for-sale signs marking vacant lots]
  6. (intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with).
    • The place itself was suiting to his care.1700, [John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    agree, match, answer

See all 22 meanings of suit

Origin of suitest

suit + -est

Questions about suitest

What is suitest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Suitest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of suit.

Words near suitest in the dictionary

  1. suitemates
  2. Suiten
  3. suiter
  4. suiters
  5. suites
  6. suitest
  7. suiteth
  8. suitheism
  9. suitheistic
  10. suiting
  11. suiting down to the ground

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