Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
who .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive (
archaic )quoth
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Examples
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Jubelpiftos) bevar* plo j quo utebatur* Deerant tute Gallorum urate, quo* nlmirum tfmnte * quae legun - laudat'Cort* Sail.
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Yes, support this plan, because as the President repeatedly reminds us: the status quo is not acceptable.
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Anyone who think the status quo is OK is dreaming.
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The GOP-supported health insurance industry status quo is what is toxic to our health.
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The Republican party mantra and status quo is weakened, and will be for some time.
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Moreover, he added the status quo is unacceptable.
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From which the esteemed author concludes that the status quo is to be maintained unless there is a really good reason (according to whom?) not to maintain them any more.
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The status quo is good enough for those who do not care about the suffering of others
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Because the status quo is not sufficiently originalist?
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To me, trying to "conserve" the status quo is a far more indefensible view, since the status quo is not all that great.
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