verb

1. To give one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:

2. To take one-tenth or a tithe of something, particularly:

3. To compose the tenth part of something.

verb

1. To grant, concede.

noun

1. A tithe or tenth in its various senses, :

2. Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe-proctor).

3. A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.

Synonyms: decenary, decime, frankpledge, fribourg, tenth, tithe