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- verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of
kill
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Examples
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As I say, peace be good; but remember, O Olo, if kill thou must, that thou killest by the Law. '
THE DEATH OF LIGOUN 2010
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Pidgin, however works with your AIM, MSN, Yahoo, etc ... killest mjschmidt
Turn Thumb Drives Into Feature-Packed Giveaway Drives | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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But if, of two men, thou killest the lesser, then is shame thine, for which the very squaws will lift their lips at thee.
THE DEATH OF LIGOUN 2010
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Thou killest the fish with spear, line, and coble-net; and we, with snares and with nets, which work by the ebb and the flow of the tide.
Redgauntlet 2008
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Thou art always so doing; thou killest folk and castest them into the sea and takest their goods.
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“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”
Archive 2006-04-01 Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur 2006
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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But a man cannot be ill, or vapourish, but thou liftest up thy shriek-owl note, and killest him immediately.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”
The Tears Flowed Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur 2006
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