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Fit Fit, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. [root] 77.] 1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.] Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin, That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. --Spenser. 2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness. And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake. --Shak. 3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter. All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. --Swift. The English, however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealously. --Macaulay. 4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action. The fits of the season. --Shak. 5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.] A tongue of light, a fit of flame. --Coleridge. By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and re?pose; impulsively and irregularly; intermittently.

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- Look up fits in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fits may refer to: FITS, a data format in astronomy FITS (board game), a 2009 board game Fits (album)...
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- (for example a 2D image), or tables. FITS is the most commonly used digital file format in astronomy. The FITS standard was designed specifically for...
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- also a major factor in selecting a fit, as more accurate fits will be more expensive to produce, and tighter fits will be more expensive to ****emble....
- Jason. "Review: Fits". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 February 2010. NME.COM (16 June 2009). "NME Reviews - Album review: White Denim - 'Fits' - NME.COM". NME...
- Greatest Fits is a greatest hits album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on June 19, 2001, by Warner Bros. Records. The compilation...
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- Fit to Serve is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter A. J. Croce, released in 1998. all songs by A. J. Croce, except where noted "Fit...