Obs. [a. L. āmitt-ĕre to lose: see AMISSION.] To lose. (Rarely with of.)
1525. State Papers Hen. VIII., IV. 399. It is not thought … that she [the Queen] shulde amitte or loose any parte of her autorite.
1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., 30. The wife may tine and amit her Dowrie.
1664. Power, Exp. Philos., III. 157. If a Magnet itself be made red hot in the fire, it … amits the Magnetical vigour.
1756. C. Lucas, Ess. Waters, II. 10. The water amits of its pellucidity.
