·vt & ·vi ·see Quit.
II. Quite ·adj To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.
III. Quite ·adj Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken.
QUITE, per aphaeresin, pro REQUITE. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose