"stight" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stights [present, singular, third-person], stighting [participle, present], stighted [participle, past], stighted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English stighten, stiȝten, from Old English stihtan, stihtian (“to dispose, arrange, regulate, direct, rule; instigate, incite”), from Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, *stihtōn, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”). Related to German stiften and Dutch stichten. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stighten}} Middle English stighten, {{inh|en|ang|stihtan}} Old English stihtan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*stihtijan}} Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*stihtiz|t=a step, track, overpass}} Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*steygʰ-|t=to go, climb}} Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”), {{cog|de|stiften}} German stiften, {{cog|nl|stichten}} Dutch stichten Head templates: {{en-verb}} stight (third-person singular simple present stights, present participle stighting, simple past and past participle stighted)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) to found; establish; set Tags: obsolete, transitive Derived forms: stightle Related terms: stickle
    Sense id: en-stight-en-verb-VVBBf1hs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "(transitive, obsolete) to found; establish; set"
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        "to found; establish; set"
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