tithe

(transitive) To pay something as a tithe.

(transitive) To pay a tithe upon something.

(intransitive) To pay a tithe; to pay a 10% tax

(intransitive, figuratively) To pay or offer as a levy in the manner of a tithe or religious tax.

(transitive) To impose a tithe upon someone or something.

(transitive) To spare only every tenth person, killing the rest (usually in relation to the sacking of the episcopal seat at Canterbury by the pagan Danes in 1011).

(transitive) To enforce or collect a tithe upon someone or something.

(transitive, obsolete) To decimate: to kill every tenth person, usually as a military punishment.

(intransitive) To enforce or collect a tithe.

(transitive, obsolete) To compose the tenth part of something.