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  • verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of hold

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hold + -est

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Examples

  • Thou hast protected me some time since at the hazard of thy rank, and what I know thou holdest still dearer, at the risk of thy reputation with thine own sect.

    The Monastery 2008

  • Thou holdest converse, thou shalt lose the wit that is in thee. 43

    Symposium 2007

  • I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • It is my opinion, (if thou holdest thy purposes to marry,) that thou canst not do better than to procure thy real aunts, and thy real cousins, to pay her a visit, and to be thy advocates.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

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