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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,259 words match “FIT”

BEFITTINGLY adv.

In a befitting manner; suitably.

BENEFIT n. 7 definitions

act of kindness; a favor conferred. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps. ciii. 2.

BENEFIT SOCIETY n.

A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.

One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit.

COMFIT v. 2 definitions

To preserve dry with sugar. The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. Cowley.

Same as Comfit. [Obs.]

One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]

A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds. If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

DISCOMFIT v. 4 definitions

To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat. And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. Spenser.

DISCOMFITURE n.

The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20. A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.

DISPROFIT v. 2 definitions

To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic] Bale.

DISPROFITABLE a.

Unprofitable. [Obs.]

Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.

Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different- colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.

IMPROFITABLE a.

Unprofitable. [Obs.]

MISBEFITTING a.

MISFIT n. 2 definitions

The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; things required for equipment; the expense of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.…