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Lithe (līth), v. t. & i. [Icel hlȳða. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.]  P. Plowman.

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Lithe, a. [AS. līðe, for linðe tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield.  Cf. Lenient.]
    1. Mild; calm; as, “lithe weather”. [Obs.]

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    2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, “the elephant's lithe proboscis”.  Milton.

    Syn. -- lithesome.

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Lithe, v. t. [AS. līðian. See Lithe, a.] To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]

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