a. Obs. Also 5 subytte. [a. OF. subit, fem. subite, or ad. L. subitus, pa. pple. of subīre to come or go stealthily, f. sub- SUB- 24 + īre to go. Cf. It., Sp., Pg. subito.] Sudden, hasty.
1483. Caxton, Cato, B vj. Thou oughtest to refrayne thyn yre, not only the yre subdayn and subytte [etc.].
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 51/3. All subite permutations are vnto our bodyes very preiudicialle.
a. 1722. Sir J. Lauder, Decis., Suppl. 282. In phlebotomy or other manual operations,—the acts are subite or transient.
