TITHED
Verb
tithed
simple past tense and past participle of tithe
Adjective
tithed (not comparable)
(of items) Subject to tithe.
(of persons) Liable for tithe.
(of items) Taken as or paid for tithe.
Anagrams
• hitted
Source: Wiktionary
TITHE
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