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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
dance
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Examples
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Enchantress of the almighty Shiva, in thy delirious joy thou dancest, clapping thy hands together.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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Theban blood; with no wild waving of the thyrsus, clad in fawnskin thou dancest, but with chariots and bitted steeds wheelest thy charger strong of hoof.
The Phoenissae 2008
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Theban blood; with no wild waving of the thyrsus, clad in fawnskin thou dancest, but with chariots and bitted steeds wheelest thy charger strong of hoof.
The Phoenissae 2008
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Enchantress of the almighty Shiva, in thy delirious joy thou dancest, clapping thy hands together.
The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones Cassandra Clare 2007
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But with thy armed men, having excited the army of Argives against Thebes with blood, thou dancest before the city in
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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But, if thou dancest not, the city shall know whether Ben-Abid is a truth-teller, and whether the blessings of the great marabout can rest upon such a woman as thou art.
Halima And The Scorpions 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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If, in the evening of to-morrow, thou dancest before the soldiers, I will give thee fifty golden coins.
Halima And The Scorpions 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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Thou dancest and playest with thy feet, and I with my feet have laboured in great pain.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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If thou dancest for me thou mayest ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
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