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A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.

Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits. Milton.

One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633.

Fitted; suited. [Obs.] Swift.

Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by adaptation; capable of adapting. Coleridge. -- A*dapt"ive*ly, adv.

Like or suited to an alderman.

e twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes Massinger.

A set or suite of rooms. De Quincey.

A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house.

suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. They have always apt instruments. Burke. A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. Jer. Taylor.

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle. So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. Berners. [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. Boswell. A mechanism previously arrang…

Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air

e and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.

One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.

In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair.

Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]

Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith. The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lea…