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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
confess .
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Examples
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Quoth the Caliph, Thou confessest to having divorced her and Marwan owned the like; so now we will give her free choice.
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But all her merit thou acknowledgest; all thy own vileness thou confessest, and even gloriest in it: What hope then of moving so hardened a man? —
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Indeed, thou confessest thyself so in this matter! '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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To-day thou confessest thy sins, and to-morrow thou committest again the sins thou didst confess.
XXII. Book I: Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life. Of the Contemplation of Human Misery 1909
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And if in the Holy Spirit thou confessest Jesus to be Lord, understand the force of that threefold indication in the Apostle's letter; forasmuch as in the diversities of gifts, it is the same
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Ralegh's indignant remonstrance at the use of the evidence of 'hellish spiders,' like Clarke and Watson, concerning 'the King and his cubs' as evidence against him, Coke answered: 'Thou hast a Spanish heart, and thyself art a spider of hell; for thou confessest the King to be a most sweet and gracious Prince, and yet thou hast conspired against him.'
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Thou confessest indeed thy sins to God, and He hath mercy upon thee, and taketh thee back into His grace, and layeth on thee some little punishment by way of satisfaction.
Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. c. 1300-1361 1875
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The word is nigh thee -- easily accessible. in thy mouth -- when thou confessest Him. and in thine heart -- when thou believest on Him.
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Ah! thou confessest his name, so follow likewise his example,
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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By prayer thou confessest that help is only in him (Psa 62: 1).
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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