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faithed

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Etymology

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From faith +‎ -ed.

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faithed (comparative more faithed, superlative most faithed)

  1. (obsolete) Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere.
    • 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 2, scene 1:
      Thou unpossessing bastard, dost thou think, / If I would stand against thee, would the reposal / Of any trust, virtue, or worth in thee / Make thy words faithed?
  2. Having faith of a specified quality or type.
    • 1604, Hugh Broughton Hugh Broughton, An aduertisement of corruption in our handling of religion To the Kings Majestie[1], Of Malachie:
      ...Ezra cometh from Babel to reforme matters: as mariages with infideles: and such, fit for be∣ginning a new comon weale: So Malachy speaketh nothing of the Temple, but of maintenance for the Levites, & of strange faithed wiues, and all, for matters fit for a new be∣ginning comon weale...
    • 2012 September 16, londonranger, “Very Happy Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur”, in QPR Report Message Board[2], retrieved 2016-12-02:
      to those Jewish faithed brethren QPR fans of which Mike and myself are two, for the year, and myself apologise[sic] to anyone whom I have hurt (sinned) during the past year.
    • 2014 December 12, givitawayy, “How do I (24m)tell my strong faithed wife (23f) that I am agnostic?”, in Reddit[3], retrieved 2016-12-02:
    • 2015 September 6, Dan Rather, “Jimmy Carter is a man the founding fathers would recognize”, in Mashable[4], retrieved 2016-12-02:
      As a Texan I knew the smell well. It was an aroma not all that unexpected of Southern "Good Ole' Boys", but it didn't square with reports that Carter was a deep-faithed Southern Baptist who taught Sunday School and was a tee-totaler.

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