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	348	DICTIONARY OF RHYMES.
	hitch which itch witch niche bewitch stitch enrich switch etch pitch hatch rich botch twitch ITE* In the suffix ite the i is long in the great majority of words, as it is in all proper adjectives, like Puseyite. In the following it is short: respite, granite, favourite, infinite, hypocrite, apposite, requisite, &c. bite slight blight smite bright spite cite sprite dightf tight fight trite flight white fright wight height write kite accite knight affright light alight mite aright night bedight pight benight plight contrite quite delight right despite rite excite sight foresight		incite disunite indict appetite indite coenobite invite dynamite midnight expedite moonlight oversight polite parasite recite proselyte requite reunite twilight satellite unite stalactite upright sybarite zoophyte archimandrite aconite wit acolyte favourite anchorite eight ITH frith sith kith smith pith zenith with (this word has no perfect rhyme) ITHE blithe tithe hithe writhe lithe with scythe IVE (as in dive) dive five drive gyve
	• Nor lose for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charmed with wit. Pope. f Obsolete: to dress, deck. Storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim, religious light. Milton. J         From the noontide zenith ; Named as fancy weeneth. E. B. Drowning.