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  • verb Simple past of fit. (to tailor, change size)
  • verb Past participle of fit (to tailor, change size)
  • adjective etc. Incorporating all of the fittings into connected units.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being the right size and shape to fit as desired

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Examples

  • The title fitted his career, for he came like Ezra from Babylon to Palestine and like Ezra he restored the Law when it was threatened with destruction.

    The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915 Various

  • She had dropped almost unconsciously into Gaston's mode of address for some time; it was often awkward to give him no name, and she shrank from using his own; and the title fitted him.

    The Sheik

  • My father was one of the last dons in San Marcos County, and the title fitted him because he belonged to the generation of dons.

    The Pride of Palomar 1918

  • Professor, but they did not imagine how perfectly the title fitted him till he drew a long comb from his waistcoat pocket and combed his hair and beard with it above the table.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878

  • Professor, but they did not imagine how perfectly the title fitted him till he drew a long comb from his waistcoat pocket and combed his hair and beard with it above the table.

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

  • Professor, but they did not imagine how perfectly the title fitted him till he drew a long comb from his waistcoat pocket and combed his hair and beard with it above the table.

    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

  • She was really Edith; but ever since as children they had acted the BLUEBEARD play, she had been Ann to them — Sister Ann. And the name fitted her like her own skin.

    Sister Ann 2004

  • While it was easy to see how the phrase fitted the conception, the reality was utterly unlikely.

    The Skrayling Tree Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2003

  • I am not certain whether it was because his coat was so shaggy or his temper so uncertain that Tallydab's dog was named Ruffles, but the name fitted well both the looks and the disposition of the tiny animal.

    Queen Zixi of Ix Baum, L. Frank 1971

  • Then it was remembered that an old-fashioned entertainment was called a drum, and the tea suggested kettle, and the name fitted the circumstances.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

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