Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See kithe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb Scot. To come into view; to appear.
  • transitive verb Obs. or Scot. To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare.

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Examples

  • Though I'm no Charles Wallace, I believed you when you wrote that "adults can go deeper", so maybe I can kythe you my appreciation, since now you can probably hear me much better.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • The young hearts may kythe, though they 're forced far away,

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

  • For power to show itself in weakness, for glory to appear in baseness, for divinity to kythe (228) in humanity, and such glorious rays to break forth from under such a dark cloud, this was greater glory, and more majesty, than if he had only showed himself in the perfection of the creatures.

    The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640

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