† faitn.
Law. Obsolete.
a. A deed.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > deed
deedc1300
bill1548
fait1562
sanad1743
1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 14 §12 Convicted..in an Action of forger of false Faytes.
1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 182 Amongst those Obligations in writing, which wee call Faits or Deeds.
b. In the translation of Perkins: Act of parties, as distinguished from operation of law.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > [noun] > act of parties as distinct from law
fait1642
1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. iii. §191. 85 The difference betweene a license in fait, and a license in Law.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† faitv.1
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To act or speak falsely, use false pretences; to beg on false pretences.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)] > on false pretences
faitc1330
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)]
faitc1330
defraudc1384
to take (the) advantagea1393
false1393
halt1412
haft1519
juggle1528
wily beguile1550
foist1584
lurch1593
fog1621
imposture1624
rook1637
impone1640
cheat1647
chicane1671
humbug1753
fineer1765
gag1781
mountebank1814
jockeya1835
sniggle1837
barney1848
straw1851
honeyfuggle1856
skinch1891
finagle1926
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)]
letc1000
faitc1330
counterfeitc1374
dissimulec1374
feignc1400
showc1405
supposea1450
fare1483
simule?a1500
dissemble1523
pretend1526
frame1545
cloakc1572
jouk1573
pretent1582
disguisea1586
devise1600
semble1603
coin1607
insimulate1623
fox1646
sham1787
dissimulate1796
gammon1819
to let on1822
simulate1823
possum1832
simulacrize1845
to put on an act1929
to put on (also up) a show1937
prat1967
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 3054 Falsly canestow fayt.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 208 Alle suche þei faiten.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 43 Faytynge for hure fode.
2. transitive. To deceive, lead astray.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [verb (transitive)]
forteeOE
fortihtOE
bicharrea1000
perverta1382
faitc1430
perversec1475
seduce1477
seduec1485
seduct1490
wry1563
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > lead astray
forteeOE
fortihtOE
weyec1315
faitc1430
seduec1485
seduct1490
seduce1519
misincline1652
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > report or state wrongly [verb (transitive)] > lead into error, mislead
dwellc888
forlereOE
beleada1000
forleseOE
misteachOE
undergoc1000
mislearOE
misleadOE
bicharrea1100
bedwelec1205
overlead?c1225
misbihedec1300
miswendc1325
misguyc1375
miscounsel1389
misbeleadc1390
faitc1430
miswrest?a1475
misguide1480
scandalize1538
misadvise1548
misdraw1599
misdirect1603
traduce1613
to throw (also put) off the scenta1637
misswaya1640
undirect1647
mislight1648
widdlea1689
c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 76 My fleissche in ouerhope wolde me faite.
Derivatives
ˈfaiting n. deceit, pretence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun]
swikec893
swikedomc893
dwalec950
braida1000
falsec1000
flerdc1000
swikelnessa1023
fakenOE
chuffingc1175
fikenungc1175
bipechingc1200
treachery?c1225
falseshipc1230
guilec1230
telingc1230
swikeheada1250
craftc1275
felony1297
wrench1297
deceitc1300
gabc1300
guiling13..
guilery1303
quaintisec1325
wrenk1338
beswiking1340
falsehood1340
abetc1350
wissing1357
wilec1374
faitery1377
faiting1377
tregetryc1380
fallacec1384
trainc1390
coverture1393
facrere1393
ficklenessc1397
falsagea1400
tregeta1400
abusionc1405
blearingc1405
deceptionc1430
mean?c1430
tricotc1430
obreption1465
fallacy1481
japery1496
gauderya1529
fallax1530
conveyance1531
legerdemain1532
dole1538
trompe1547
joukery1562
convoyance1578
forgery1582
abetment1586
outreaching1587
chicanery1589
falsery1594
falsity1603
fubbery1604
renaldry1612
supercherie1621
circumduction1623
fobbinga1627
dice-play1633
beguile1637
fallaxitya1641
ingannation1646
hocus1652
renardism1661
dodgerya1670
knapping1671
trap1681
joukery-pawkery1686
jugglery1699
take-in1772
tripotage1779
trickery1801
ruse1807
dupery1816
nailing1819
pawkery1820
hanky-panky1841
hokey-pokey1847
suck-in1856
phenakisma1863
skulduggery1867
sharp practice1869
dodginess1871
jiggery-pokery1893
flim-flammery1898
runaround1915
hanky1924
to give the go-around1925
Scandiknavery1927
the twist1933
hype1955
mamaguy1971
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 38 But þo þat feynen hem folis, and with faityng libbeth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† faitv.2
Obsolete.
transitive. To arrange, construct, fit.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > duties > [verb (transitive)] > undertake as one's task
to take to task1546
fait1635
1635–6 Burgh Rec. Glasgow I. 482 Hinging of the said bell and faiting all wark thairto.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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