\Kythe\, Kithe \Kithe\ (k[imac][th]), v. t. [imp. {Kydde},
{Kidde} (k[i^]d"de); p. p. {Kythed}, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kything}.] [OE. kythen, kithen, cu[eth]en, to make known,
AS. c[=y][eth]an, fr. c[=u][eth] known. [root]45. See
{Uncouth}, {Can} to be able, and cf. {Kith}.]
To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or
Scot.]
      For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse.    --Chaucer.

\Kythe\, v. t.
To come into view; to appear. [Scot.]
      It kythes bright . . . because all is dark around it.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Scott.