hit vb. (3, 4, 5 are not pre-S. as also the idiomatic “hit it” LLL. IV. i. 128, and “hit or miss” Troil. I. iii. 384)
1.
“hit
of”=hit upon Err. III. ii.
30.
2.
to imitate exactly
Wint. V. i. 127
“Your father's image is
so hit in you.”
3.
to succeed
Mer.V. III. ii. 268
“Hath all his ventures
fail'd? What, not one hit?”
; to be fulfilled
All'sW. II. i. 146
“Oft expectation . . .
hits Where hope is coldest.”
4.
intr. to fall in
suitably or exactly
Tim. III. i. 6
“this hits right”
; trans. to suit or fit in with
H8 I. ii. 84
“Hitting a grosser
quality.”
5.
to agree
Lr. I. i. 308
“let's hit
together”
(Qq “lets hit”;
Ff. “let vs sit”; mod.
edd. “let us
hitӠ).
