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. teĂł the tenth; akin to tiĂ©n, t, ten, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tiund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taĂhunda 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. teĂł.]
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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