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n. A disbeliever in the existence of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antitheses. /plu> [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to set against, to oppose; 'anti` against + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. (Rhet.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, “The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.” “He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Opposition; contrast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. antitheton, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, antithetic. ] An antithetic or contrasted statement. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to antithesis, or opposition of words and sentiments; containing, or of the nature of, antithesis; contrasted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way antithesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth, AS. teó&unr_;a the tenth; akin to tién, t&unr_;n, tēn, ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. tīund the tenth; tithe, Goth. taíhunda tenth. See Ten, and cf. Tenth, Teind. ] 1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil. Neh. xiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accuring from beaste fed from the ground. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great tithes, tithes of corn, hay, and wood. --
Mixed tithes, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc. --
Small tithes, personal and mixed tithes. --
Tithe commissioner, one of a board of officers appointed by the government for arranging propositions for commuting, or compounding for, tithes. [ Eng. ] Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tenth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Every tithe soul, 'mongst many thousand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tithed p. pr. & vb. n. Tithing. ] [ As. teó&unr_;ian. ] To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. Tp pay tithes. [ R. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who collects tithes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who pays tithes. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]