'Kything' definitions:

Definition of 'Kything'

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  • Kythe \Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. Kydde, Kidde (k[i^]d"de); p. p. Kythed, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[eth]en, to make known, AS. c[=y][eth]an, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See Uncouth, Can to be able, and cf. Kith.] To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or Scot.] [1913 Webster]
  • For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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