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Guitguit \Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zool.)
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}.
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Quit \Quit\, v. i.
To go away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.
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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.]
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To quit you of this fear, you have already looked
Death in the face; what have you found so terrible
in it? --Wake.
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2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the
like; to absolve; to acquit.
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There may no gold them quyte. --Chaucer.
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God will relent, and quit thee all his debt.
--Milton.
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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.
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The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. --Chaucer.
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Enkindle all the sparks of nature
To quit this horrid act. --Shak.
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Before that judge that quits each soul his hire.
--Fairfax.
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4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of;
to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.
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Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. --1 Sam.
iv. 9.
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Samson hath quit himself
Like Samson. --Milton.
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5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [Obs.]
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Never worthy prince a day did quit
With greater hazard and with more renown. --Daniel.
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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.
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Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth
for appearance. --Locke.
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{To quit cost}, to pay; to reimburse.

{To quit scores}, to make even; to clear mutually from
demands.
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Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements
in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South.
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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.
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Quit \Quit\ (kw[i^]t), n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native
of tropical America. See {Banana quit}, under {Banana}, and
{Guitguit}.
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Quit \Quit\ (kw[i^]t), a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See
{Quit}, v., {Quiet}.]
Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear;
absolved; acquitted. --Chaucer.
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The owner of the ox shall be quit. --Ex. xxi. 28.
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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.
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