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De - Pt| English Dictionary: (quite) | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for (quite) | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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QuiteQuite\Quite\, v. t. & i. See {Quit}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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QuiteQuite\Quite\, adv. [F. quitequitedischarged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See {Quit}, a.] 1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quitequitedone; the object is quitequiteaccomplished; to be quitequitemistaken. Man shall not quitequitebe lost, but saved who will. --Milton. The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from quitequitecontrary principles. --Spectator. 2. To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably. [bd]QuiteQuiteamusing.[b8] --Macaulay. He really looks quitequiteconcerned. --Landor. The island stretches along the land and is quitequite close to it. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). | |
