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The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. |
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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. |
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The act of wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in
marriage; courtship. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Regular order; succession. |
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To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit
the action to the word. |
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To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit. |
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To dress; to clothe. |
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To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his
place; to suit one's taste. |
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To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; --
usually followed by with or to. |
