Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of die.
  • A Middle English form of dye.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To die.

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Examples

  • The Creole proverb warns: "deye mon, gen mon" -- beyond mountains, more mountains.

    Mountains To Climb 2007

  • (MOH-duhs op-uh-RAN-dee, op-uh-RAN-deye) The way someone does something; a characteristic method: “Her modus operandi in buying a new car always included a month of research.

    modus operandi 2002

  • Alle we shule deye, thah us like ylle. though it pleases us ill.

    England's Antiphon MacDonald, George, 1824-1905 1868

  • "Life goes on," a friend of mine who lost his wife in the earthquake told me yesterday, bringing to mind the famous Haitian proverb, deye mon gen mon.

    Salon 2010

  • (Newbie) 12: 50, 12 Apr 2009 deye +1 - sadly this is often the case.

    The RiotACT 2009

  • Some today came back down within a couple of hundred metres of takeoff. deye

    The RiotACT 2009

  • Ah, yes we were a bit overdue for one of the tent embassy's regular publicity stunts. deye

    The RiotACT 2009

  • (Troublemaker) 09: 07, 12 Apr 2009 deye +1 - sadly this is often the case. nota

    The RiotACT 2009

  • One comment for "Halloween UFO over Canberra?" deye

    The RiotACT 2008

  • (deye-uh-REE-uh) The frequent passage of abnormally watery feces, which is a sign of illness.

    diarrhea 2002

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