Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The second person singular indicative present of do.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- of
do .
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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
do (used with the pronounthou ) as opposed to the present subjunctivedoest .
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Examples
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Then the wood-birds mocked her, saying: In vain dost thou toil and labor all thy days!
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Is it not passing strange, indeed, one house should hold us tway And still thou drawst not near to me nor yet a word dost say,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879
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"Faith, old man, what name dost give to yourself to-day!" he thought; but went on with the topic of the raw-hide bed.
Ramona 1921
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The world being four-ended, thou, O cross, art represented by us, and as a three-edged sword dost thou cut off the principles of darkness, being the great weapon of Christ and an invincible and all-powerful victoriousness.
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He felt so strongly that in some way he was to receive tidings from his native land, that one day, when a travel-stained runner from the East was brought to his lodge, he at once asked "what word dost thou bring of the French?"
The Flamingo Feather Kirk Munroe 1890
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"Faith, old man, what name dost give to yourself to-day!" he thought; but went on with the topic of the raw-hide bed.
Ramona Helen Hunt Jackson 1857
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'In whose name dost thou detain me?' said I, scarcely knowing what I said.
Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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"In whose name dost thou detain me?" said I, scarcely knowing what I said.
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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'In whose name dost thou detain me?' said I, scarcely knowing what I said.
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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'In whose name dost them detain me?' said I, scarcely knowing what I said.
Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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