'To fit out' definitions:
Definition of 'To fit out'
From: GCIDE
- Fit \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. [1913 Webster]
- The time is fitted for the duty. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. --Is. xliv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required. [1913 Webster]
- No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- That time best fits the work. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To fit out'
- By fits,
- Fit,
- Fitful,
- Fitfully,
- Fitfulness,
- Fitly,
- Fitness,
- Fitted,
- Fitting,
- Fittingly,
- To fit up,
- fit in,
- fit out,
- fits,
- fitted out,
- have a fit,
- By fits and starts,
- Fainting fit,
- Fit rod,
- Forcing fit,
- Pipe fitting,
- Steam fitting,
- fit the bill,
- fit to be tied,
- fits and starts,
- fitted out outfitted,
- fitted sheet,
- fitted to the meridian of,
- gas fitting,
- physical fitness,
- see fit,
- throw a fit,
- tight fitting,
- tightly fitting,
- Reducing pipe fitting,
- close-fitting,
- ill-fitting,
- loose-fitting,
- tight-fitting