English Dictionary

tithe

/taɪð/

verb

(transitive) To pay something as a tithe. / (transitive) To pay a tithe upon something. / (intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax

He faithfully tithes ten percent of his income to the church.

意味（1）

(transitive) To pay something as a tithe.

He teoðode gynd eall his cyne rice ðone teoðan del ealra his landa.

意味（2）

(transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.

...ge tiogoðiað eowre mintan & eowerne dile & eowerne kymen.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax

Þe prest þe meneȝeð rihtliche teðien.

意味（4）

(intransitive, figuratively) To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.

These slaves are either the sonnes of Christians, tithed in their childhoods, Captives taken in the warres, or Renegadoes.

意味（5）

(transitive) To impose a tithe upon someone or something.

Leeuy, that took tithis, is tithid.

意味（6）

(transitive) To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).

Þe folk of Crist was tiþed, þat is to seie, nyne slayn and þe tenþe i-kepte.

意味（7）

(transitive) To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.

The Monkes the Priors and holy cloystred Nunnes,

Are all in health,...

The Monkes the Priors and holy cloystred Nunnes, Are all in health,... Till I had tythde and tolde their holy hoords.

意味（8）

(transitive, obsolete) To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.

By decimation, and a tithed death, / ... take thou the destin'd tenth

意味（9）

(intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.

Those who tithe and toll upon them for their spiritual and temporal benefit.

意味（10）

(transitive, obsolete) To compose the tenth part of something.

Her sorrowes did not tith her ioy.