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verb
  1. To cause to be ready, as for use, consumption, or a special purpose: fix, make, prepare, prime, ready. See prepared
  2. To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose: accouter, appoint, equip, fit out or up , furnish, gear, outfit, rig, turn out. See give
  3. To have a proper or suitable place: belong, go. See order
  4. To be compatible or in correspondence: accord, agree, check, chime, comport with, conform, consist, correspond, harmonize, match, square, tally. Informal: jibe 1. Archaic: quadrate. See agree
  5. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, fashion, reconcile, square, suit, tailor. See change
  6. To conform to another, especially in size and shape: dovetail. See agree
  7. To be in keeping with: become, befit, conform, correspond, go with, match, suit. See agree
phrasal verb

fit out or up
To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose: accouter, appoint, equip, fit 1, furnish, gear, outfit, rig, turn out. See give
adjective
  1. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place: appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, correct, felicitous, fitting, happy, meet 2, proper, right, tailor-made. See right
  2. Suited to one's end or purpose: appropriate, befitting, convenient, expedient, good, meet 2, proper, suitable, tailor-made, useful. See agree, good
  3. Satisfying certain requirements, as for selection: eligible, fitted, qualified, suitable, worthy. See ability
  4. Consistent with prevailing or accepted standards or circumstances: appropriate, deserved, due, fitting, just, merited, proper, right, rightful, suitable. See right
  5. Having good health: hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, right, sound 2, well 2, whole, wholesome. Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle. See health

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