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Pronunciation: /fliːt/

verb

[no object] literary
  • move or pass quickly: a variety of expressions fleeted across his face
  • [with object] pass (time) rapidly: we fleeted the time carelessly
  • fade away; be transitory: the cares of boyhood fleet away

Origin:

Old English flēotan 'float, swim', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieten and German fliessen, also to flit and float