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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Lithe

/(līt͟h)/ · IPA /laɪð/
01 v. t. & i. To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
  1. 1.
    To listen or listen to; to hearken to.[Obs.]
02 a. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
  1. 1.
    Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
Syn. lithesome.
03 v. t. To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
  1. 1.
    To smooth; to soften; to palliate.[Obs.]