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FITTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being the right size and shape to fit as desired
Example:
he quickly assembled the fitted pieces
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Participle:
fit (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb fit
Context examples:
The track of a horse was plainly outlined in the soft earth in front of him, and the shoe which he took from his pocket exactly fitted the impression.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he held the door partly open, steadying it with his knees, whilst he fitted a key to the lock.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It was a place fitted for such a work, being hardly more than a rock whose high sides were continually beaten upon by the waves.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
But he was neither fitted by abilities nor disposition to answer the wishes of his mother and sister, who longed to see him distinguished—as—they hardly knew what.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I' faith, said Black Simon, I am a spearman myself, and am more fitted for hand-strokes than for such work as this.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Norris is much better fitted than my mother for having the charge of you now.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
To say that it fitted me is not to express it.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mary's powers were by no means fitted for such a display; her voice was weak, and her manner affected.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
In pursuance of my aunt's kind scheme, I was shortly afterwards fitted out with a handsome purse of money, and a portmanteau, and tenderly dismissed upon my expedition.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In one respect she was admirably fitted to introduce a young lady into public, being as fond of going everywhere and seeing everything herself as any young lady could be.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
