Cythe

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. An archaic verb meaning to reveal something or to make oneself visible and known to others
2. Old English term for showing forth or becoming evident, so that something is made known to view
3. Obsolete word describing the act of disclosing a thing or appearing plainly before people

Etymology: "Uncouth" is the family clue here. "Couth" once meant "known" and "uncouth" meant "unknown," and only later did the negative drift to "awkward" or "rough in manners." Both descend from Old English "cūþ," "known," the past participle of "cunnan," "to know," which also gave rise to "cythe." The verb comes from Old English "cȳþan," "to make known" or "to reveal." Its meaning followed the same line: to cythe is to show oneself, to come into view, or to be made manifest. Middle English writers used the form for things coming to light, and it lasted longest in Scots and northern English dialects. In standard English it faded away, leaving its relatives to carry the idea of knowing.

Synonyms: appear, show, emerge

Antonyms: vanish, disappear