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Answer for the clue ""___ thee, witch!": Shak. ", 6 letters:
aroint

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Word definitions for aroint in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aroint \A*roint"\, v. t. To drive or scare off by some exclamation. [R.] ``Whiskered cats arointed flee.'' --Mrs. Browning.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
intransitive verb, c.1600, used by Shakespeare (only in imperative: "begone!"), obsolete and of obscure origin. "[T]he subject of numerous conjectures, none of which can be said to have even a prima facie probability." [OED]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context archaic English) to dispel, to drive away

Usage examples of aroint.

I love you, I love you, oh, the horror, the horror, and aroint thee, witch, aroint thee, indeed and truly you’ve chosen a bad place to be lame in, willow, willow, willow.

Bid her alight, And her troth plight, And, aroint thee, witch, aroint thee!