Definition of: suit

(st) noun
1. A set of outer garments or armor to be worn together.
2. A set of garments consisting of a coat and trousers or skirt, made of the same fabric.
3. An outfit or garment for a particular purpose: a bathing suit; a space suit.
4. A group of things of like kind or pattern composing a series or set: now usually suite.
5. In card-playing, any one of the four sets of thirteen cards each that make up a pack, as spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs.
6. Law A proceeding in a court of law or chancery in which a plaintiff demands the recovery of a right or the redress of a wrong: a term rarely applied to criminal prosecution.
7. Archaic Entreaty; petition; supplication.
8. The courting or courtship of a woman. See synonyms under PRAYER.
—to follow suit.
1. To play a card identical in suit to the card led.
2. To do as somebody or something else has done; follow an example.
—v.t.
1. To meet the requirements of, or be appropriate to; be in accord with; befit.
2. To please; satisfy.
3. To render appropriate or accordant; accommodate; adapt.
4. Archaic To furnish with clothes.
—v.i.
5. To be befitting; agree; correspond.
6. To be or prove satisfactory.
7. Obs. To clothe oneself. See synonyms under ACCOMMODATE, ADAPT. [<AF siwte, OF sieute, ult. <L sequi follow. Doublet of SUITE.]