† subite, a. Obs.
Also 5 subytte.
[a. OF. subit, fem. subite, or ad. L. subitus, pa. pple. of subīre to come or go stealthily, f. sub- sub- 25 + -īre to go. Cf. It., Sp., Pg. subito.]
Sudden, hasty.
| 1483 Caxton Cato B vj, Thou oughtest to refrayne thyn yre, not onely the yre subdayn and subytte [etc.]. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 51/3 All subite permutations are vnto our bodyes very preiudicialle. a 1722 Sir J. Lauder Decis. Suppl. 282 In phlebotomy or other manual operations,—the acts are subite or transient. |