Definitions
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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sing . - verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
singe .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whenas she singeth, drink thou to her singing, and whenas she departeth thou shalt return in safety whence thou camest, Inshallah!
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For this is a strange beast which I have marked down; he is not ill to look on, and his voice, which we may well hearken, for whiles he singeth, is rather sweet than surly.
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As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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And other men have told me, that he that singeth the mass for the prelate that is dead — he shall find upon the altar the name written of him that shall be prelate chosen.
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“I cannon perfitly my Paternoster as the priest it singeth, But I can rhymes of Robin Hood and Ranald of Chester.”
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He singeth more sweetly than all the rest, but if he be taken and imprisoned in a cage, he liueth but a small while.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Then he singeth as wee vse heere in Englande to hallow, whope, or showte at houndes, and the rest of the company answere him with this Owtis, Igha, Igha, Igha, and then the Priest replieth againe, with his voyces.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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City, with her haire downe about her shoulders, garnished with iewels and flowers, according to the estate of the party, and they goe with as great ioy as Brides doe in Venice to their nuptials: shee carrieth in her left hand a looking glasse, and in her right hand an arrow, and singeth thorow the City as she passeth, and sayth, that she goeth to sleepe with her deere spowse and husband.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Of drunken midnight – death happiness, which singeth: the world is deep,
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