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stight.

to found; establish; set

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to found; establish; set

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English stighten, stiȝten, from Old English stihtan, stihtian (“to dispose, arrange, regulate, direct, rule; instigate, incite”), from Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, *stihtōn, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”). Related to German stiften and Dutch stichten.

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