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Flit (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flitting (?).] [OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel. flytja, Sw. flytta, Dan. flytte. √84. Cf. Fleet, v. i.] 1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along.
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A shadow flits before me. Tennyson.
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2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. Dryden.
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3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate.
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It became a received opinion, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other. Hooker.
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4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Wright. Jamieson.
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5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved.
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And the free soul to flitting air resigned. Dryden.
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Flit, a. Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.
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