Tithe | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tīthe, n.

noun

n. [A-S. teódha, the tenth, Goth. taihunda, O. H. Ger. zehanto, N. H. Ger. zehnte, id., zehnte or zehente, tithe, tithing.] 1. A tenth; the tenth part of any thing; but specifically, the tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support.

☞ Tithes are called personal when accruing from labor, art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when accruing from beasts which are fed from the ground. Blackstone.

Sense 2. Hence, a small part or proportion. Bacon.

Tīthe, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. TITHED; p. pr. & vb. n. TITHING.] [A-S. teódhian.] To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth. Ye tithe mint and rue. Luke xi. 42.

Tīthe, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To pay tithes. [Rare.] Tusser.