Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hunting; the chase.
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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
hunt .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
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And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
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When he hunteth in places fensed aboute, two or thre armed women stande preste,33 for his aide, and defence.
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But when he hunteth in open place, he is caried vppon an
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Tristram hunteth, and hawketh, and cowereth within a castle with his lady, and forsaketh your worship.
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And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
Leviticus 17. 1999
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¶ Thus we see how Gods iudgement hunteth and pursueth the wicked, in somuch that they be ouertaken in their owne imaginations: according to that of the scripture, "The wicked and bloudthirstie man shall not liue halfe his daies."
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne Raphael Holinshed
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The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Who so coueteth to purchase fame by actes, or whose minde hunteth for aboundaunte knowledge, or by vertue in this life, to purchause good fame.
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The holy man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, every one hunteth his brother to death.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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