Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quit"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quit \Quit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quit} or {Quitted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Quitting}.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier,
cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L.
quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See {Quiet},
a., and cf. {Quit}, a., {Quite}, {Acquit}, {Requite}.]
1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or
oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. [R.]

To quit you of this fear, you have already looked
Death in the face; what have you found so terrible
in it? --Wake.

2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the
like; to absolve; to acquit.

There may no gold them quyte. --Chaucer.

God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
--Milton.

3. To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and
satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to
requite; to repay.

The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.

Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this
horrid act. --Shak.

Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
--Fairfax.

4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;
to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --I Sam.
iv. 9.

Samson hath guit himself Like Samson. --Milton.

5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]

Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater
hazard and with more renown. --Daniel.

6. To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to
depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to
quit the place; to quit jesting.

Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth
for appearance. --Locke.

{To quit cost}, to pay; to reimburse.

{To quit scores}, to make even; to clear mutually from
demands.

Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.

Syn: To leave; relinquish; resign; abandon; forsake;
surrender; discharge; requite.

Usage: {Quit}, {Leave}. Leave is a general term, signifying
merely an act of departure; quit implies a going
without intention of return, a final and absolute
abandonment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quit \Quit\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native
of tropical America. See {Banana quit}, under {Banana}, and
{Guitguit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quit \Quit\, a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See {Quit},
v., {Quirt}.]
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear;
absolved; acquitted. --Chaucer.

The owner of the ox shall be quit. --Ex. xxi. 28.

Note: This word is sometimes used in the form quits,
colloquially; as, to be quits with one, that is, to
have made mutual satisfaction of demands with him; to
be even with him; hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we
are even, or on equal terms. ``To cry quits with the
commons in their complaints.'' --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Quit \Quit\, v. i.
To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Guitguit \Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of small tropical American birds of
the family {C[oe]rebid[ae]}, allied to the creepers; --
called also {quit}. See {Quit}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

quit
adj : (usually followed by `of') released from something onerous
(especially an obligation or duty); "quit of all
further responsibility for their safety"; "well rid of
him" [syn: {quit(p)}, {rid(p)}]
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {cease}, {give
up}, {lay off}] [ant: {continue}]
2: resign or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy
will leave office next month" [syn: {leave office}, {step
down}] [ant: {take office}]
3: go away or leave [syn: {depart}, {take leave}] [ant: {stay}]
4: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
[syn: {foreswear}, {renounce}, {relinquish}]
5: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;
"In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: {drop
out}, {give up}, {throw in}, {throw in the towel}, {chuck
up the sponge}] [ant: {enter}]


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