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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
keep ..
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Examples
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In the old copy, "keepeth" is erroneously repeated.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Seek Her As Silver 2009
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People passing the gate of Harvard University would continue to read "open ye the gates that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in" Isaiah 26:2.
How We Got the Best-Selling Book of All Time Leland Ryken 2011
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He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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It isth good, Joshua, for it keepeth mine rind so very soft and shiny.
Archive 2009-02-22 2009
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A truce then to thy sorrowing, and cease to be wroth with thy husband; for God's ways with man are not what we expect, and those whom he loves, he keepeth safe; yea, for this day hath seen thy daughter dead and brought to life again.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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I am guarding 'neath my wing as a bird keepeth her tender chicks under her.
Heracles 2008
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And quoth they, “He is in a plight past telling, and hath shut his door and keepeth the house.”
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A truce then to thy sorrowing, and cease to be wroth with thy husband; for God's ways with man are not what we expect, and those whom he loves, he keepeth safe; yea, for this day hath seen thy daughter dead and brought to life again.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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I am guarding 'neath my wing as a bird keepeth her tender chicks under her.
Heracles 2008
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