The act of following or pursuing, as game;
pursuit.
The act of suing; the process by which one
endeavors to gain an end or an object; an attempt to attain a certain
result; pursuit; endeavor.
The act of wooing in love; the solicitation
of a woman in marriage; courtship.
The attempt to gain an end by
legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right or
claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right
before any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit;
a suit in chancery.
That which follows as a retinue; a company
of attendants or followers; the assembly of persons who attend upon a
prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; -- often written
suite, and pronounced sw***emacr]t.
Things that follow in a series or
succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which
constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; --
often written suite, and pronounced sw***emacr]t.
A number of things used together, and
generally necessary to be united in order to answer their purpose; a
number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set; as, a
suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of
clothes.
One of the four sets
of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen
cards bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, clubs, or
diamonds.
Regular order; succession.