Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Spitted

Spit′ted

,
Adj.
[From
Spit
.]
1.
Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.
2.
Shot out long; – said of antlers.
Bacon.

Spit′ted

,
p.
p.
of
Spit
,
Verb.
I.
, to eject, to spit.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Spitted

SPITTED

,
pp.
[from spit.]
1.
Put upon a spit.
2.
Shot out into length.

Definition 2024


spitted

spitted

English

Verb

spitted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of spit (Etymology 1)

Adjective

spitted (comparative more spitted, superlative most spitted)

  1. Shot out long; said of antlers.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Etymology 2

See spit (expectorate) (Etymology 2).

Verb

spitted

  1. (nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of spit (expectorate, etc, Etymology 2)
    • Bible, Luke xviii. 32
      He [] shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on.