TITHE

tithe

(noun) an offering of a tenth part of some personal income

tithe

(noun) a levy of one tenth of something

tithe

(verb) pay a tenth of one’s income, especially to the church; “Although she left the church officially, she still tithes”

tithe

(verb) pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; “He tithed his income to the Church”

tithe

(verb) levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); “The wool was tithed”

tithe

(verb) exact a tithe from; “The church was tithed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

tithe (plural tithes)

(archaic) A tenth.

(historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses.

Synonyms: decim, decima (Italian contexts), decimate, decimation, tithing, titheling

A contribution to one's religious community or congregation of worship (notably to the LDS church)

A small part or proportion.

Adjective

tithe (not comparable)

(archaic) Tenth.

Verb

tithe (third-person singular simple present tithes, present participle tithing, simple past and past participle tithed)

To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:

(transitive) To pay something as a tithe.

(transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.

(intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax

Synonym: decimate

(intransitive, figuratively) To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.

To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:

(transitive) To impose a tithe upon someone or something.

(transitive) To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).

(transitive) To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.

Synonyms: decimate, tithe out

(transitive, obsolete) To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.

Synonym: decimate

(intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.

(transitive, obsolete) To compose the tenth part of something.

Etymology 2

Noun

tithe (plural tithes)

(obsolete) A boon (a grant or concession).

Adjective

tithe (not comparable)

(obsolete) Receiving a concession or grant; successful in prayer or request.

Verb

tithe (third-person singular simple present tithes, present participle tithing, simple past and past participle tithed)

(transitive, obsolete) To grant, concede.

Anagrams

• Hiett

Source: Wiktionary

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Tithe, n. Etym: [OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó the tenth; akin to tién, t, ten, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tiund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf. Tenth, Teind.]

1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil. Neh. xiii. 5.

Note: Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground. Blackstone.

2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon. Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood.

– Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc.

– Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes.

– Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] Simmonds.

Tithe, a.

Definition: Tenth. [Obs.] Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak.

Tithe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tithed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing.] Etym: [As. teó.]

Definition: To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42.

Tithe, v. i.

Definition: Tp pay tithes. [R.] Tusser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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