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adj
Useful; good at need; fit; able.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
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adj
Quick and effective; deft; skilful.
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adj
In good order; trim; tidy; dainty; clean.
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noun
Use; profit; foredeal; advantage.
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noun
End; purpose.
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noun
An abnormally low number of platelets in a newborn's blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking the child's own platelets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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verb
To refuse; deny; disclaim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To use; employ.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To go over; recite; repeat.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To exert oneself.
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Usage: reflexive
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History
From Middle English nait, nayt, from Old Norse neytr (“in good order, fit, fit for use”), from Proto-Germanic *nautiz (“useful, helpful”). Compare Old English nyttol (“useful”).
From Middle English naite, from Old Norse neyte, neyti (“use”), from Proto-Germanic *nautiz (“use”).
Abbreviation of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
From Middle English naiten, nayten, borrowed from Old Norse neita, later variant of níta (“to deny, refuse”). Cognate with Icelandic neita (“to deny”), Danish nægte (“to deny”), Old English nǣtan (“to annoy, afflict, press upon”). More at nyte, nay.
From Middle English naiten, nayten, from Old Norse neyta (“to use, employ”), from Proto-Germanic *nautijaną (“to use”). Cognate with Icelandic neyta (“to make use of, employ”). Related to Old English nēotan (“to use; to enjoy”). More at note.
