dite

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See also: ditë, díte, dítě, dîte, and dítè

English

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Etymology 1

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See dight.

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Verb

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dite (third-person singular simple present dites, present participle diting, simple past and past participle dited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To prepare for use or action; to make ready.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology 2

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Variant of doit.[1]

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Noun

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dite (plural dites)

  1. (US, Maine) A trifling quantity or amount.
    A “dite” is a Maine measurement, somewhere between a smidge and a bit.
    • 2019, John Gould, This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East, Down East Books, →ISBN, page 95:
      Two carpenters were moving a small building onto a new foundation, and one of them says, “Shove it my way a dite!” The other shoved, but shoved a little too hard. “Nope — too much! I said a dite!”
    • 1993, Ralph Moody, The Fields of Home, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 80:
      “Set your calipers a dite bigger’n the hole so’s they’ll fit good and snug.”

References

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  1. ^ dite”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

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French

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Participle

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dite f sg

  1. feminine singular of dit

Further reading

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Galician

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Verb

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dite

  1. inflection of ditar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Verb

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dite

  1. inflection of dire:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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Malagasy

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Etymology

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From French du thé.

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Noun

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dite

  1. tea

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French thé.

Noun

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dite

  1. tea

References

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  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Portuguese

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Verb

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dite

  1. inflection of ditar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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From French thé.

Noun

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dite

  1. tea

References

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  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

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Verb

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dite

  1. second-person singular imperative of decir combined with te