quit
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Anglo-Norman quiter, Old French quiter, from quite (“acquited, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus.
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quit (third-person singular simple present quits, present participle quitting, simple past and past participle quit or quitted)
- (transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
- (transitive, obsolete) To repay (someone) for (something).
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:
- twyes smote I hym doune, & thenne he promysed to quyte me on my best frynde, and so he wounded my sone [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:
- (transitive, obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
- Vnthankfull wretch (said he) is this the meed, / With which her soueraigne mercy thou doest quight?
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:
- (reflexive, archaic) To conduct oneself, acquit oneself, to behave (in a specified way).
- (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
- (transitive) To leave (a place).
- (transitive, intransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
- After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).
- John is planning to quit smoking.
- (transitive, computing) To close (an application).
- Simple past tense and past participle of quit.
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- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] Usage notes
- The past tense of quit is now quit for most speakers and writers; dictionaries usually allow quitted as an alternative, but it is rare or nonexistent in North America and Australia, and outnumbered by quit by about 16 to 1 in the British National Corpus. Quitted is more commonly used to mean "left". ie. She quitted her job.
[edit] References
Pam Peters, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, Cambridge University Press, p. 453.
[edit] Translations
to leave
to give up, stop doing something
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[edit] French
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quit
- third-person singular past historic of quérir
[edit] Latin
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quit
- third-person singular present active indicative of queō
