verb · intransitive · rare

flite

flite · flites · flited / flote · fliting

To dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawlTo dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.

Meaning

3 senses

(dialectal)To dispute, quarrel, wrangle, brawl.
(dialectal)To scold, jeer.
(obsolete)To make or utter complaint.

Origin

From Middle English flyten (“to argue, quarrel”), from Old English flītan (“to strive, con

From Middle English flyten (“to argue, quarrel”), from Old English flītan (“to strive, contend”), from Proto-West Germanic *flītan (“to strive, contend”). Akin to German befleissen (“to apply oneself diligently, endeavor”), Swedish beflita (“to apply to, study”), Norwegian Bokmål beflitte (“to endeavour, strive”).

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Forms

flites, fliting, flited, flited

Base form	flite · to flite
3rd person singular	flites
Present participle	fliting
Past simple	flited / flote
Past participle	flited / flote / flitten

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	flite
he, she, it	flites

Past simpleLesson

all persons

flited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have flited
he, she, it	has flited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will flite

Word family

1 related words

Relatedflyting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle