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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scatter.

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scatter + -eth

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Examples

  • Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

    Rule upon Rule, Todays world from Prophecy Watch 2009

  • But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

    The Moral Hazards of Managing Other People's Money 2009

  • Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

    Rule Upon Rule, Expression of the Lord, 2009

  • He scattereth the bright cloud also it is turned about by his counsels

    Illustrations of The Book of Job 2008

  • Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: And it is turned round about by his counsels (Job 37: 11-12)

    Illustrations of The Book of Job 2008

  • Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: And it is turned round about by his counsels (Job 37: 11-12)

    Illustrations of The Book of Job 2008

  • He scattereth the bright cloud also it is turned about by his counsels

    Illustrations of The Book of Job 2008

  • But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.

    Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial 2007

  • This is because the wicked usually expose themselves to dangers of this kind more than the good, for the rule of a king, no less than that of a tyrant, is burdensome to them, since, according to the words of Solomon: “A wise king scattereth the wicked.”

    The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

  • There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

    Pamela 2006

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