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pable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. -- Suit"a*ble*ness, n. -- Suit"a*bly, adv.

Unsuitable. [Obs.] -- In*suit`a*bil"i*ty, n. [Obs.]

Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.] A many man, to ben an abbot able. Chaucer.

The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances. "They accomodate their counsels to his inclination." Addison.

To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." Spenser.

To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for. For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts my sight. Swift. Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. Angus. Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy persons. Macaulay.…

The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. "General adaptability for every purpose." Farrar.

The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special fitness.

In a suitable manner. [R.] Prior.

To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn.

The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. A noxious drug had been administered to him. Macaulay.

Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; -- followed by to, rarely by with. That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another. L'Estrange.

The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency. The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature. Pearce.

A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.

Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.

To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. Milton.

of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.