Emily Dickinson Lexicon

fit (-s, -ted, -ting), v. [Danish, to be fit.] (webplay: pattern, alter, fashion, wear, seam).

1. Be the right size.
2. Accept; embrace; espouse; adapt to; conform to.
3. Correspond; match; belong together.
4. Accommodate; be suitable; be appropriate for.
5. Adjust; adapt; acclimate; change to meet.
6. Measure for; have something made the right size for a person
7. Fasten; attach; cover with, as a garment.
8. Beseem; became; be pleasing; be worthy of
9. Join; make whole; unite; come together; merge.
10. Shape; mold; make the right size.
11. Phrase. “Fit into place”: set down; put in order; make room for; keep straight; [fig] hold a note.