nait

Meanings

1. To refuse; deny; disclaim.

1. To use; employ.
2. To go over; recite; repeat.
3. To exert oneself.

1. Use; profit; foredeal; advantage.
2. End; purpose.

1. Useful; good at need; fit; able.
2. Quick and effective; deft; skilful.
3. In good order; trim; tidy; dainty; clean.

1. An abnormally low number of platelets in a newborn's blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking the child's own platelets.

Etymology

From Middle English naiten, nayten, borrowed from Old Norse neita, later variant of níta (“to deny, refuse”). Cognate with Icelandic neita (“to deny”), Danish nægte (“to deny”), Old English nǣtan (“to annoy, afflict, press upon”). More at nyte, nay.