Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
meek .
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- verb To make or become
meek orsubmissive .
Etymologies
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Examples
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To humble and meeken myself under the mighty hand of God
St Thomas More, Revisited de Brantigny........................ 2008
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To humble and meeken myself under the mighty hand of God
Archive 2008-06-15 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The design of Christianity is to soften and meeken the spirit, to teach us the art of obliging and true complaisance; not to be servants to the lust of any, but to the necessities and infirmities of our brethren -- to comply with all that we have to do with as fare as we can with a good conscience.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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[117]; and that is for that we should know our own feebleness and our mischiefs that we are fallen in by sin, to meeken us and make us to dread God and cry for help and grace.
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