▪ I. † debite, n. Obs.
Also 5 debet, -ete, 5–6 debyte.
[A corruption of depute: cf. debity.]
A deputy, lieutenant.
| 1482 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 312 The Master..every Þursday to be at the common halle, or els a debet ffor hym. 1526 Tindale Acts xxiii. 24 Felix the hye debite. 1535 Coverdale Dan. ii. 15 Arioch being then the Kynges debyte. 1549 Allen Jude's Par. Rev. 26 The vycar and debyte of Christ. |
▪ II. † debite, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. dēbit-us owed, due: cf. debt.]
That is owed or due.
| 1678 Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 5 Sin, as to its formal cause, is ..a privation of debite perfection. |