LITHE

v. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

2.
a.

Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]

3.
a.

Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.

4.
v.

To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]


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