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suit

noun
  1. A legal proceeding to demand justice or enforce a right: action, case, cause, instance, lawsuit. See law
  2. Romantic attentions: address (often used in plural), courtship. See seek, sex
verb
  1. To meet a need or requirement: answer, do, serve, suffice. See excess, help
  2. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, fashion, fit 1, reconcile, square, tailor. See change
  3. To be in keeping with: become, befit, conform, correspond, fit 1, go with, match. See agree
  4. To be appropriate or suitable to: become, befit, behoove. Archaic: beseem. See agree
  5. To look good on or with: become, enhance, flatter. Idiom: put in the best light. See agree, beautiful
  6. To be satisfactory to: please, satisfy. See pain

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