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quitting 音标拼音: [kw'ɪtɪŋ] 放弃,退出 放弃,退出 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.] [ 1913 Webster] To quit you of this fear, you have already looked Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it? -- Wake. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit. [ 1913 Webster] There may no gold them quyte. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] God will relent, and quit thee all his debt. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this horrid act. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Before that judge that quits each soul his hire. -- Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively. [ 1913 Webster] Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. -- 1 Sam. iv. 9. [ 1913 Webster] Samson hath quit himself Like Samson. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To carry through; to go through to the end. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater hazard and with more renown. -- Daniel. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for appearance. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] { To quit cost}, to pay; to reimburse. { To quit scores}, to make even; to clear mutually from demands. [ 1913 Webster] Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? -- South. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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