Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An erroneous spelling of
quite .
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- adjective Obsolete form of
quite . - verb Obsolete form of
quit .
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Examples
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Aboord our boate, where he with wares himselfe now fraighteth quight.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And unto water streight againe transformde and altred quight.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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It dimmes the dazed eyen, and daunts the senses quight.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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Their kingdome spoild, and countrey wasted quight:
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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And unto water streight againe transformde and altred quight.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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Who slayes the Gyant, wounds the beast, and strips Duessa quight.
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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On the [u] ther hand, we feind for _quite_ and _smite_, the old speli [n] _quight_, _smight_, hwich may be old and historikal, b [u] t iz deseidedli [u] netimolojikal.
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
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'Besides, they do beleeue their sinnes to be forgiven quight, By taking holy water here, whereof if there do light But one small drop, it driueth out the hellishe deuils all Then which there can no greater griefe vnto the feend befall.' -- 4to. 1570, p. 42.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658
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But th 'Apes long taile (which then he had) he quight
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Aboord our boate, where he with wares himselfe now fraighteth quight.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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