n.

1. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
   lawsuit, case, cause, causa
   
   • the family brought suit against the landlord
2. a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color;
   suit of clothes
   
   • they buried him in his best suit
3. playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
   
   • a flush is five cards in the same suit
   • in bridge you must follow suit
   • what suit is trumps?
4. a businessman dressed in a business suit
   
   • all the suits care about is the bottom line
5. a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage);
   courtship, wooing, courting
   
   • its was a brief and intense courtship
6. a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank

v.

1. be agreeable or acceptable to;
   accommodate, fit
   
   • This suits my needs
2. be agreeable or acceptable
   
   • This time suits me
3. accord or comport with;
   befit, beseem
   
   • This kind of behavior does not suit a young woman!
4. enhance the appearance of;
   become
   
   • Mourning becomes Electra
   • This behavior doesn't suit you!