kythe
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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to make known by action; show; demonstrate; prove.
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Obsolete. to make known by words; announce; declare; proclaim.
Etymology
Origin of kythe
First recorded before 900; Middle English kythen, kithen, Old English cȳthan “to make known,” derivative of cūth “known, acquainted with”; couth 2
Example Sentences
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Then it is time for mee to speake Of kern knights and kempes great, Such carping for to kythe.
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Kythe in your ain colours, that folk may ken ye.
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He'll kythe in his ain colours yet.
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The ace of diamonds is called among rustics the kittlin’s e’e.Knaggie, like knags, or points of rocks.Knappin-hammer, a hammer for breaking stones; knap, to strike or break.Knurlin, crooked but strong, knotty.Knowe, a small, round hillock, a knoll.Kuittle, to cuddle; kuitlin, cuddling, fondling.Kye, cows.Kyle, a district in Ayrshire.Kyte, the belly.Kythe, to discover, to show one’s self.
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The lasses feat, an’ cleanly neat, Mair braw than when they’re fine; Their faces blythe, fu’ sweetly kythe, Hearts leal, an’ warm, an’ kin’; The lads sae trig, wi’ wooer babs, Weel knotted on their garten, Some unco blate, an’ some wi’ gabs, Gar lasses’ hearts gang startin’ Whiles fast at night.
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