suit

suit [so͞ot]

n.

[ME sute, a pursuit, action of suing, garb, set of garments, sequence < OFr suite < VL * sequita, fem. pp. of sequere, to follow < L sequi, to follow: see SEQUENT]

1.

a) a set of clothes to be worn together; now, esp., a coat and trousers (or skirt), and sometimes a vest, usually all of the same material

b) any complete outfit [a suit of armor]

2. Slang a person wearing a suit; specif., a business executive or a bureaucrat: usually a term of mild derision

3. a group of similar things forming a set or series; specif., any of the four sets of thirteen playing cards each (spades, clubs, hearts, and diamonds) that together make up a pack

4. Historical attendance at the court or manor of a feudal lord

5. action to secure justice in a court of law; attempt to recover a right or claim through legal action

6.

a) an act of suing, pleading, or requesting

b) a petition

7. the act of wooing; courtship

vt.

1. to meet the requirements of; be right for or appropriate to; befit

2. to make right or appropriate; fit; adapt

3. to please; satisfy [anything that suits your fancy]

4. to furnish with clothes, esp. with a suit

vi.

1. Archaic to correspond or harmonize: usually with to or with

2. to be fit, suitable, convenient, or satisfactory

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bring suit

to institute legal action; sue

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follow suit

1. to play a card of the same suit as the card led

2. to follow the example set

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someone's strong suit or someone's strongest suit

a person's greatest talent, most conspicuous character trait, etc. [patience is my strong suit]

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suit oneself

to act according to one's own wishes

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☆ suit up

to put on an athletic uniform, spacesuit, etc. in preparation for a particular activity