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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
fire .
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Examples
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He fireth his Austrian rifle at midnight, and the whole camp is aroused and formed in line of battle, when lo! his mess come bearing in a nice porker, which he solemnly declareth so resembled a Secesh that he was compelled to pull trigger.
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett
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Love is of the nature of a burning glass, which, kept still in one place, fireth; changed often, it doth nothing.
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Love is of the nature of a burning glass, which, kept still in one place, fireth; changed often, it doth nothing.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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But when Zubaydah heard of her and of the Caliph's devotion to her, the Lady was fired with the jealousy which the more especially fireth women, so that she refused meat and drink and rejected the delights of sleep and awaited the Caliph's going forth on a journey or what not, that she might set a snare for the damsel.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Saviour fireth out of their mouths a confession of the truth of their naughtiness.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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Zubaydah heard of her and of the Caliph’s devotion to her, the Lady was fired with the jealousy which the more especially fireth women, so that she refused meat and drink and rejected the delights of sleep and awaited the Caliph’s going forth on a journey or what not, that she might set a snare for the damsel.
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[Love is of the nature of a burning glass, which kept still in one place, fireth; changed often it doth nothing! "
Eugene Aram — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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[Love is of the nature of a burning glass, which kept still in one place, fireth; changed often it doth nothing! "
Eugene Aram — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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