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▪ I. † inˈfit, a. Obs. rare—1.
[in-3.]
Unfit.
a1626Bp. Andrewes 96 Serm., Holy Ghost (1661) 453 To such men, such simple men,..a full infit and indisposed matter to receive it.
▪ II. ˈinfit, v. U.S. local.
[f. in adv. + fit v., after outfit.]
trans. To furnish (a seaman) with things required on shore. Hence ˈinfitter.
1887Fisheries U.S. V. ii. 226 The merchant is as anxious to ‘infit’ as he was to ‘outfit’ him, but the man must now bring an order from the agent or owner of the vessel. Ibid., The outfitters are also ‘infitters’, that is, they furnish the men with such supplies and articles of clothing as they may need when the vessel returns. |