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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cleave .
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Examples
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When he writes, "An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him," David may be delusional and psychotic, but he, not Saul, is blessed by God.
Robert David Jaffee: Think Different: Mental Illness Linked to Creativity, Not Violence Robert David Jaffee 2011
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou has brought me into the dust of death.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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For he cleaveth to the ship, and holdeth it still stedfastly in the sea, as though the ship were on ground therein.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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For he cleaveth to the ship, and holdeth it still stedfastly in the sea, as though the ship were on ground therein.
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Indeed, my heart cleaveth to her and I cannot live without her.
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And hence it is that we have to mourn for the homes of which we have been unjustly robbed; and as to our coverings, not that they have not been given to us, but that the coverings anciently given to us have been torn by violent hands, insomuch that our soul is bowed down to the dust, our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
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For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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