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Definition of Kithe
1. v. t. See Kythe.
Definition of Kithe
1. Verb. (archaic except in Scots) To make known; to reveal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kithe
1. to make known [v KITHED, KITHING, KITHES]
Medical Definition of Kithe
1. To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. "For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse." (Chaucer) Origin: OE. Kythen, kithen, cuen, to make known, AS. Can, fr. C known. See Uncouth, Ca to be able, and cf. Kith. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kithe
Literary usage of Kithe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases: Terms and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"The now provincial term TO kithe, to know, to become known to, seems as fu kit;
qe to you known, ... In some counties the kithe, has the meaning of gewent, ..."
2. A Supplement to the Two Volumes of the Second Edition of The Essay on the by John Bellenden Ker (1840)
"The now provincial term TO kithe, to know, to become known to, ... 'Now kithe
thy engin (genius) and thy might." Idem. TO DROWN ; seems toe de rouw'n ..."
3. The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ...edited by Robert Anderson edited by Robert Anderson (1795)
"If. part, of kithe, made known, Kin, »• Sax. kindred ; by my fader kin, by my
father's kindred Kin, adj. of the fame nature j\ ;:i J. --. ..."
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