amit

Definitions

To lose.

obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“And though a loadstone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue, and according to the position in cooling contracts a new verticity from the earth, yet if the same be laid awhile in aqua fortis, or other corrosive water, and taken out before a considerable corrosion, it still reserves its attraction, and will convert the needle according to former polarity.”

“[…] and in the event of the said O. H. failing so to complete⟳ his title and grant entry to the petitioner, or to shew reasonable cause why he delays or refuses so to do, to find⟳ and declare⟳ that the said G. H. has forfeited and amitted all right to the said superiority […]”

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