suit, suite — These words have a common origin but are used in different ways. One speaks of a suit of clothes, a suit at law, a suit of cards. Suite means a company of followers, a connected series of rooms, a musical composition. Suit is pronounced syoot ;… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
suite — suit, suite The two forms are in origin the same word, and differences of usage are the result of historical choices since the 17c. In modern English we speak of a suit of clothes, armour, and playing cards, as well as a lawsuit and paying suit… … Modern English usage
suit — suit, suite The two forms are in origin the same word, and differences of usage are the result of historical choices since the 17c. In modern English we speak of a suit of clothes, armour, and playing cards, as well as a lawsuit and paying suit… … Modern English usage
suite — Synonyms and related words: acid rock, adapted, apartment, array, attendance, attendant, attendants, avant garde jazz, ballroom music, batch, battery, bebop, block, body, body of retainers, boogie woogie, bop, chain, chambers, clutch, cohort,… … Moby Thesaurus
suit — See suit, suite … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
suit — sb. == do suit? [suite]. RG. 539 … Oldest English Words
suite — See suit, suite … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
suite — [ sɥit ] n. f. • XIIIe; siute « poursuite en justice » 1080; a. p. p. de suivre; lat. pop. sequitus I ♦ A ♦ Action de poursuivre. 1 ♦ Dr. Droit de suite : droit qui permet au créancier hypothécaire de suivre l immeuble hypothéqué dans les mains… … Encyclopédie Universelle
suite — Suit Suit (s[=u]t), n. [OE. suite, F. suite, OF. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, OF. sivre; perhaps influenced by L. secta. See {Sue} to follow, and cf. {Sect}, {Suite}.] 1. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suite — Suit Suit (s[=u]t), n. [OE. suite, F. suite, OF. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, OF. sivre; perhaps influenced by L. secta. See {Sue} to follow, and cf. {Sect}, {Suite}.] 1. The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
