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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
return .
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Examples
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That verb ending on seeketh and returneth is not a poetic flourish, but a mark of the third person singular: He, she, or it returneth.
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Serpent-queen charged Hasib not to drink of the first scum and carefully to keep the second, saying, When the Wazir returneth from the King and asketh for the second phial, give him the first and note what shall befall him; then drink the contents of the second phial and thy heart will become the home of wisdom.
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Whither going none returneth, that is my supreme seat.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Evidently he was under the impression that the congregations had not read Proverbs 26: 11: As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
The 2009 awards for Canadian Anglican Dowfart of the Year « Anglican Samizdat 2009
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Evidently he was under the impression that the congregations had not read Proverbs 26: 11: As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
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The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “[I]n These Days, … The Intemperance and Malice of Men Increase” 2010
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Say, maybe the golden age of the short story returneth!
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"Like a dog returneth to it's own vomit ..." kyle8
OK, now I want to know who *suggested* Van Jones for his job. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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The biblical wisdom, "As a dog returneth to its vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly", becomes, in the Newtyle version, "A dug canna lea its ain boak alane; nor can the bawheid his bawheiditness".
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The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “[I]n These Days, … The Intemperance and Malice of Men Increase” 2010
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