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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
serpent .
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Examples
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a good housewifely idea, she fired his imagination according to her fantasies, by certain small favours and little looks which serpented towards him like biting adders, trifling with the happiness of this young life, like a princess accustomed to play with objects more precious than a simple knight.
Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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a good housewifely idea, she fired his imagination according to her fantasies, by certain small favours and little looks which serpented towards him like biting adders, trifling with the happiness of this young life, like a princess accustomed to play with objects more precious than a simple knight.
Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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