stight

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verb

to found; establish; set

OriginMiddle English stighten ← Old English stihtan ← Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan →
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Meanings

verbstight (third-person singular simple present stights, present participle stighting, simple past and past participle stighted)

present singular third person stights · participle present stighting · participle past stighted · past stighted

  1. obsoletetransitiveto found; establish; set

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steygʰ-“to go, climb”
  2. Proto-Germanic*stihtiz“a step, track, overpass”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*stihtijan
  4. Old Englishstihtan
  5. Middle Englishstighten
  6. Englishstight

From Middle English stighten, stiȝten, from Old English stihtan, stihtian (“to dispose, arrange, regulate, direct, rule; instigate, incite”), from Proto-West Germanic *stihtijan, *stihtōn, from Proto-Germanic *stihtiz (“a step, track, overpass”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to go, climb”). Related to German stiften and Dutch stichten.

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APA

stight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stight

MLA

“stight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stight.

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