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TITHE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An offering of a tenth part of some personal income

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("tithe" is a kind of...):

offering (money contributed to a religious organization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A levy of one tenth of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("tithe" is a kind of...):

levy (a charge imposed and collected)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church

Example:

Although she left the church officially, she still tithes

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "tithe" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Verb group:

tithe (pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

tither (someone who pays tithes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church

Example:

He tithed his income to the Church

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Verb group:

tithe (pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

tither (someone who pays tithes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Levy a tithe on (produce or a crop)

Example:

The wool was tithed

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "tithe" is one way to...):

impose; levy (impose and collect)

Verb group:

tithe (exact a tithe from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Exact a tithe from

Example:

The church was tithed

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "tithe" is one way to...):

bill; charge (demand payment)

Verb group:

tithe (levy a tithe on (produce or a crop))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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