Fit (?), imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Fit, a. [Compar. Fitter (?); superl. Fittest (?).] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f&unr_;tjan to adorn. √77.] 1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.
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That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. Shak.
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Fit audience find, though few. Milton.
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2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]
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So fit to shoot, she singled forth among
her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. Fairfax.
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3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.
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Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? Job xxxiv. 18.

Syn. -- Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.
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Fit (?), v. i. 1. To be proper or becoming.
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Nor fits it to prolong the feast. Pope.
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2. To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.
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Fit, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. √ 77.] 1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.]
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Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin,
That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. Spenser.
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2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.
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And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. Shak.
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3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit of melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.
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All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. Swift.
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The English, however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealously. Macaulay.
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4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulsive and irregular action.
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The fits of the season. Shak.
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5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.]
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A tongue of light, a fit of flame. Coleridge.
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By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and repose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently.
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