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fit vb. (obs. uses are as follows)
1. to be fitting or suitable Rom. I. v. 79 “It fits, when such a villain is a guest.”
2. to agree or harmonize “with” Tit. III. i. 265 “it fits not with this hour,” Lr. III. ii. 76; construed with “to” John V. vi. 19.
3. to be suitable for, answer the requirements of Wiv. II. i. 165 “she'll fit it.”
4. to furnish (a person “with” something) Gent. II. vii. 42 “fit me with such weeds,” Ado I. i. 329 [321], All'sW. II. i. 93 “I'll fit you,” H8 II. i. 99, Cym. V. v. 21.
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