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quited

quited is the simple past and past participle of quit.

Meaning of quit

Verb

quit (third-person singular simple present quits, present participle quitting, simple past and past participle quit or quitted)

  1. (transitive) To leave (a place).
    • The British quit India in the 1940s.
  2. (transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.
    • To quit you […] of this fear, […]you have already lookt Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it?1688, William Wake, Preparation for Death
  3. (transitive) To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.
    • God will relent, and quit thee all his debt;1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 36, line 510
  4. (transitive) To abandon, renounce (a thing).
  5. (ambitransitive) To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).
    • After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.
  6. (ambitransitive) To stop, give up (an activity).
    • John is planning to quit smoking.

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Questions about quited

What is quited the simple past and past participle of?
Quited is the simple past and past participle of quit.

Words near quited in the dictionary

  1. quite poor
  2. quite so
  3. quite some
  4. quite the contrary
  5. quite the opposite
  6. quited
  7. quitely
  8. Quitemo
  9. Quitemoca
  10. Quiterio
  11. Quiterios

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