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fleeted

fleet \fleet\ (fl[=e]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. fleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. fleeting.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fle['o]tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj[=o]ta to float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. plei^n to sail, swim, float, Skr. plu to swim, sail.

  1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]

    And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet.
    --Spenser.

  2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

    All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither.
    --Milton.

  3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

  4. (Naut.) To move or change in position; -- said of persons; as, the crew fleeted aft.

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fleeted

vb. (en-past of: fleet)