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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
spit .
Etymologies
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spit + -est
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Examples
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Thou spittest forth much, and namest nothing; thou libellest, and provest nothing. '
Life of Luther Julius Koestlin
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While thou pourest down thy drunken carouses, thou givest thy Savior a portion of gall; while thou despisest his poor servants, thou spittest in his face; while thou puttest on thy proud dresses, and liftest up thy vain heart with high conceits, thou settest a crown of thorns on his head; while thou wringest and oppressest his poor children, thou whippest him and drawest blood from his hands and feet. —
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Thou spittest forth much, and namest nothing; thou libellest, and provest nothing. '
Life of Martin Luther Koestlin, Julius 1881
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