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2. | suit - a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit" Synonyms: suit of clothes | |
3. | suit - playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; "a flush is five cards in the same suit"; "in bridge you must follow suit"; "what suit is trumps?" | |
4. | suit - a businessman dressed in a business suit; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" | |
5. | suit - a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship" | |
6. | suit - a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank | |
Verb | 1. | suit - be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" Synonyms: accommodate, fit |
2. | suit - be agreeable or acceptable; "This time suits me" | |
3. | suit - accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!" | |
4. | suit - enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" Synonyms: become |
SUIT. An action. The word suit in the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, applies to any proceeding in a court of justice, in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him. An application for a prohibition is therefore a suit. 2 Pet. 449. According to the code of practice of Louisiana, art. 96, a suit is a real, personal or mixed demand, made before a competent judge, by which the parties pray to obtain their rights, and a decision of their disputes. In that acceptation, the words suit, process and cause, are in that state almost synonymous. Vide Secta, and Steph. Pl. 427; 3 Bl. Com. 395; Gilb. C. P. 48; 1 Chit. Pl. 399; Wood's Civ. Law, b. 4, c. p. 315; 4 Mass. 263; 18 John. 14; 4 Watts, R. 154; 3 Story, Const. Sec. 1719. In its most extended sense, the word suit, includes not only a civil action, but also a criminal prosecution, as indictment, information, and a conviction by a magistrate. Ham. N. P. 270.
1. | suit - Ugly and uncomfortable "business clothing" often worn by non-hackers. Invariably worn with a "tie", a strangulation device that partially cuts off the blood supply to the brain. It is thought that this explains much about the behaviour of suit-wearers. | ||
2. | suit - A person who habitually wears suits, as distinct from a
techie or hacker. See loser, burble, management, Stupids, SNAFU principle, and brain-damaged. |