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| NOUN: | 1. Romantic attentions: address (often used in plural), courtship. See SEEK, SEX. 2. A legal proceeding to demand justice or enforce a right: action, case, cause, instance, lawsuit. See LAW. | | VERB: | 1. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use: acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, adapt, adjust, conform, fashion, fit1, reconcile, square, tailor. See CHANGE. 2. To be in keeping with: become, befit, conform, correspond, fit1, go with, match. See AGREE. 3. To look good on or with: become, enhance, flatter. Idioms: put in the best light. See AGREE, BEAUTIFUL. 4. To be satisfactory to: please, satisfy. See PAIN. 5. To meet a need or requirement: answer, do, serve, suffice. See EXCESS, HELP. 6. To be appropriate or suitable to: become, befit, behoove. Archaic : beseem. See AGREE.
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