Kything

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

  Kythe \Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. {Kydde},
     {Kidde} (k[i^]d"de); p. p. {Kythed}, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Kything}.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[eth]en, to make known,
     AS. c[=y][eth]an, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See
     {Uncouth}, {Can} to be able, and cf. {Kith}.]
     To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs. or


     Scot.]
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           For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse.    --Chaucer.
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