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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
fill .
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Examples
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Then said she to her, “O liege lady of fair ones, verily thou astoundest me and fillest mine eyes. 93 What arts knowest thou?”
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From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: from men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 17. 1999
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And whither, when the heaven and the earth are filled, pourest Thou forth the remainder of Thyself? or hast Thou no need that aught contain Thee, who containest all things, since what Thou fillest Thou fillest by containing it? for the vessels which Thou fillest uphold Thee not, since, though they were broken,
The Confessions 1999
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But now since whom Thou fillest, Thou liftest up, because I am not full of Thee I am a burden to myself.
The Confessions 1999
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Do the heaven and earth then contain Thee, since Thou fillest them? or dost Thou fill them and yet overflow, since they do not contain Thee?
The Confessions 1999
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But since he whom thou fillest is the one thou liftest up, I am still a burden to myself because I am not yet filled by thee.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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Or, indeed, is there no need that thou, who dost contain all things, shouldst be contained by any, since those things which thou dost fill thou fillest by containing them?
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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How deliciously thou feedest those that are present; and yet dost not satisfy the hungry till thou makest Jerusalem to have peace and fillest it with the flour of wheat!
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