Gultier

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Guilty \Guilt"y\, a. [Compar. {Gultier}; superl. {Guiltiest}.]
     [AS. gyltig liable. See {Guilt}.]
     1. Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent;
        wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something
        censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of,
        and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the


        punishment; as, guilty of murder.
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              They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
                                                    --Matt. xxvi.
                                                    66.
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              Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a
        guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
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     3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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     4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] --Dryden.
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