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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
follow .
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Examples
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& heard the allegations of the opposite Partys therto upon Con - sideration of all Circomstances have set the bounds of the said severall precincts as followeth that is to say That the bounds of the North Precinct (according to their Petition) shall begen at the
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And the rest that followeth, meaning her Maiesties person, which we would seeme to hide leauing her name vnspoken to the intent the reader should gesse at it: neuerthelesse vpon the matter did so manifestly disclose it, as any simple iudgement might easily perceiue by whom it was ment, that is by Lady _Elizabeth, Queene of England and daughter to king Henry the eight_, and therein resteth the dissimulation.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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And the rest that followeth, meaning her Maiesties person, which we would seeme to hide leauing her name vnspoken, to the intent the reader should gesse at it: neuerthelesse vpon the matter did so manifestly disclose it, as any simple iudgement might easily perceiue by whom it was ment, that is by Lady Elizabeth, Queene of England and daughter to king Henry the eight, and therein resteth the dissimulation.
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a day, and used bread and pottage, such as followeth except, the Sundays,
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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Aylmer also related a story that around this time, Princess Mary presented Jane Grey with an ornate gown that the Protestant Grey rejected claiming it would be morally wrong to accept such a gift and desert the example of "my lady Elizabeth, which followeth God's word."
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For we are grown old and crabby, and here followeth the evidence.
Cor! And other stories… Alix Mortimer 2009
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"Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life"
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For we are grown old and crabby, and here followeth the evidence.
What’s with da Yoof? Alix Mortimer 2009
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The Peace be on him who followeth in the way of righteousness and who feareth the issues of frowardness who obeyeth the Almighty King and followeth the Faith saving and preferreth the next world to any present thing!
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Then he gave him the letter and Ala al-Din opening it found written what followeth: 74
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