(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:45:44

A*mit" (#), v. t. [L. amittere, amissum, to lose; a (ab) + mittere to send. See Missile.]

To lose.

[Obs.]

A lodestone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue. Sir T. Browne.

 

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