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Definitions for Flitted: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Flit \Flit\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flitted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flitting.] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel.
flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. [root]84. Cf. Fleet, v.
i.]
1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a
rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits
away; a cloud flits along.
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A shadow flits before me. --Tennyson.
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2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. --Dryden.
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3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to
another; to remove; to migrate.
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It became a received opinion, that the souls of men,
departing this life, did flit out of one body into
some other. --Hooker.
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4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot.
& Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Jamieson.
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5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
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And the free soul to flitting air resigned.
--Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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flit
n 1: a sudden quick movement [syn: dart]
2: a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight
flit"
v : move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart [syn: flutter,
fleet, dart]
[also: flitting, flitted]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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flitted
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