Lithe (lī&thlig;), v. t. & i. [Icel hl&ymacr;ða. See Listen.] To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Lithe, a. [AS. līðe, for linðe tender, mild, gentle; akin to G. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.] 1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]

2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.

Lithe, v. t. [AS. līðian. See Lithe, a.] To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]

• mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
  
• Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
       quotations:
       *"...she danced with a kind of passionate fierceness, her lithe body undulating with flexuous grace..." — Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
  
• To smooth; to soften; to palliate.