quit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Usage notes 1.3.3 References 1.3.4 Translations 2 French 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Anglo-Norman quiter, Old French quiter, from quite (“‘acquited, quit’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: kwĭt, IPA: /kwɪt/, SAMPA: /kwIt/
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[edit] Verb

to quit (third-person singular simple present quits, present participle quitting, simple past and past participle quit or quitted)

1. (transitive, archaic) To pay (a debt, fine etc.).
2. (transitive, obsolete) To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).
   • 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 [...].

3. (reflexive, archaic) To conduct oneself, acquit oneself, to behave (in a specified way).
4. (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
5. (transitive) To leave (a place).
6. (transitive, intransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
7. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).

   John is planning to quit smoking.

8. (transitive, computing) To close (an application).
9. Simple past tense and past participle of quit.

[edit] Quotations

• 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

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

quit

1. Third-person singular past historic of quérir.