faithed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feɪθd/, /feɪθt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪθd
Adjective
faithed (comparative more faithed, superlative most faithed)
- (obsolete) Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 2, scene 1:
- Thou unpossessing bastard, dost thou think, / If I would stand against thee, would the reposal / Of any trust, virtue, or worth in thee / Make thy words faithed?
- Having faith of a specified quality or type.
- 1604, Hugh Broughton Hugh Broughton, An aduertisement of corruption in our handling of religion To the Kings Majestie, Of Malachie:
- ...Ezra cometh from Babel to reforme matters: as mariages with infideles: and such, fit for be∣ginning a new comon weale: So Malachy speaketh nothing of the Temple, but of maintenance for the Levites, & of strange faithed wiues, and all, for matters fit for a new be∣ginning comon weale...
- 2014 December 12, givitawayy, “How do I (24m)tell my strong faithed wife (23f) that I am agnostic?”, in Reddit, retrieved 2016-12-02:
- 2015 September 6, Dan Rather, “Jimmy Carter is a man the founding fathers would recognize”, in Mashable, retrieved 2016-12-02:
- As a Texan I knew the smell well. It was an aroma not all that unexpected of Southern "Good Ole' Boys", but it didn't square with reports that Carter was a deep-faithed Southern Baptist who taught Sunday School and was a tee-totaler.
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