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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Guitguit \Guit"guit`\, n. [So called from its note.] (Zool.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family {C[oe]rebid[ae]}, allied to the creepers; -- called also {quit}. See {Quit}. [1913 Webster] gulae From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Quit \Quit\, v. i. To go away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Quit \Quit\ (kw[i^]t), n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See {Banana quit}, under {Banana}, and {Guitguit}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Quit \Quit\ (kw[i^]t), a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See {Quit}, v., {Quiet}.] Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The owner of the ox shall be quit. --Ex. xxi. 28. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is sometimes used in the form quits, colloquially; as, to be quits with one, that is, to have made mutual satisfaction of demands with him; to be even with him; hence, as an exclamation: Quits! we are even, or on equal terms. "To cry quits with the commons in their complaints." --Fuller. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: quit v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {cease}, {give up}, {quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {bear on}, {carry on}, {continue}, {preserve}, {uphold}] 2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" [syn: {leave office}, {quit}, {step down}, {resign}] [ant: {take office}] 3: go away or leave [syn: {depart}, {take leave}, {quit}] [ant: {stay}] 4: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" [syn: {foreswear}, {renounce}, {quit}, {relinquish}] 5: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: {drop out}, {give up}, {fall by the wayside}, {drop by the wayside}, {throw in}, {throw in the towel}, {quit}, {chuck up the sponge}] [ant: {enter}, {participate}]