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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
droop .
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Examples
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Amongst other places, we came to an island abounding in cloves67 and cinnamon and pepper; and the country people told me that by the side of each pepper-bunch groweth a great leaf which shadeth it from the sun and casteth the water off it in the wet season; but, when the rain ceaseth the leaf turneth over and droopeth down by the side of the bunch. 68
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We shall behold Arjuna, that repressor of foes, fully equipped with celestial weapons, for Vibhatsu having once undertaken a task, never, droopeth under its weight.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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We shall behold Arjuna, that repressor of foes, fully equipped with celestial weapons, for Vibhatsu having once undertaken a task, never droopeth under its weight.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And her hand is yet on the hilt, and sidelong droopeth her head.
From "Sigurd the Volsung." I. Of the Passing Away of Brynhild by William Morris Edmund Clarence Stedman 1895
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And Shibli Bagarag followed her, clutching at the trailers and tearing them with him, letting loose a torrent of stones and earth, till on a sudden they stood together above a greenswarded basin of the rock opening to the sea; and in the middle of the basin, lo! in stature like a maiden of the mountains, and one that droopeth her head pensively thinking of her absent lover, the Enchanted Lily.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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And Shibli Bagarag followed her, clutching at the trailers and tearing them with him, letting loose a torrent of stones and earth, till on a sudden they stood together above a greenswarded basin of the rock opening to the sea; and in the middle of the basin, lo! in stature like a maiden of the mountains, and one that droopeth her head pensively thinking of her absent lover, the Enchanted Lily.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868
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And Shibli Bagarag followed her, clutching at the trailers and tearing them with him, letting loose a torrent of stones and earth, till on a sudden they stood together above a greenswarded basin of the rock opening to the sea; and in the middle of the basin, lo! in stature like a maiden of the mountains, and one that droopeth her head pensively thinking of her absent lover, the Enchanted Lily.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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And her hand is yet on the hilts, and sidelong droopeth her head.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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He rejoiceth, and she droopeth; he speaks and hushed is she;
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And her hand is yet on the hilts, and sidelong droopeth her head.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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