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Lithe
Pronunciation : Lithe
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Icel Listen.]
Definition : Defn: To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
i. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Lithe
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.]
Definition : 1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]
2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Lithe
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. Lithe, a.]
Definition : Defn: To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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