suitable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SUITABLE, adjective Fitting; according with; agreeable to; proper; becoming; as ornaments suitable to one's character and station; language suitable to the subject. 1. Adequate. We cannot make suitable returns for divine mercies.
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