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Webster 1913 Edition
Kithe
Kithe
(kīth)
, Verb.
T.
[Obs.]
See
Kythe
. Chaucer.
{
, Kythe
,Kithe
(kīth)
}Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Kydde
, Kidde
(kĭd′de)
; p. p.
Kythed
, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n.
Kything
.] [OE.
kythen
, kithen
, cuðen
, to make known, AS. cȳðan
, fr. cūð
known. √45. See Uncouth
, Can
to be able, and cf. Kith
.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare.
[Obs. or Scot.]
For gentle hearte
kytheth
gentilesse. Chaucer.
Definition 2024
kithe
kithe
English
Verb
kithe (third-person singular simple present kithes, present participle kithing, simple past and past participle kithed)
- (archaic, except in Scots) To make known; to reveal.
- Late 14th century: For, but if Crist open myracle kiþe, / Wiþouten gilt þou shalt be slayn as swiþe. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
From Old English cȳþan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʌɪð/
Verb
kithe
- To make known; to reveal.