make+suitable+or+proper

  • 41Meet — Meet, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m[ a]ssig moderate, gem[ a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. [1913 Webster] It… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42To be meet with — Meet Meet, a. [OE. mete fitting, moderate, scanty, AS. m[=ae]te moderate; akin to gemet fit, meet, metan to mete, and G. m[ a]ssig moderate, gem[ a]ss fitting. See {Mete}.] Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 43nice — nicely, adv. niceness, n. /nuys/, adj., nicer, nicest. 1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit. 2. amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to strangers. 3. characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill,… …

    Universalium

  • 44Provincial Council — • A deliberative assembly of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province, summoned and presided over by the metropolitan, to discuss ecclesiastical affairs and enact disciplinary regulations for the province. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 45fit — English has three distinct words fit, but the history of them all is very problematical. The verb fit ‘make suitable, be the right size, etc’ [16], and the presumably related adjective ‘proper, appropriate’ [14] may come from a Middle English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 46befit — be·fit || bɪfɪt v. be suitable; be proper; make fit …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 47befits — be·fit || bɪfɪt v. be suitable; be proper; make fit …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48befitted — be·fit || bɪfɪt v. be suitable; be proper; make fit …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 49befitting — be fit·ting || tɪŋ adj. favorable, harmonious; fitting, appropriate be·fit || bɪfɪt v. be suitable; be proper; make fit …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 50fit — English has three distinct words fit, but the history of them all is very problematical. The verb fit ‘make suitable, be the right size, etc’ [16], and the presumably related adjective ‘proper, appropriate’ [14] may come from a Middle English… …

    Word origins