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▪ I. † flaite, v.1 Obs. rare—1. [? for *flate, flat v.4] intr. ? To flatter.
c1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 74 Quod ouerhope, ‘þan y flatir, & sumtyme flaite þou schalt lyue, and þi silf it haue’. ▪ II. flaite, v.2 Obs. exc. dial.|fleɪt| Also 6 flaight, 7 flayte. [var. of flight v.] trans. To frighten, scare, terrify. Hence ˈflaited ppl. a.
1565Golding Ovid's Met. ii. (1593) 39 His steades that yet for feare doth run Like flaighted fiends. 1642Rogers Naaman 138 Till the Lord by his terrors flaite her. 1674Ray S. & E.C. Words (1691) 98 Flaite. 1721in Bailey. |