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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
stand .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now and evermore the name standeth there, and for no other adventure had the burgh the name, until that Danish men came, and drove out the Britons; the third name they set there, and Lanecastel (Lancaster) it named; and for such events the town had these three names.
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
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Notice the phrase standeth in as a substitute for is.
The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson
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My word standeth sure, Except a man forsake all, he cannot be My disciple.
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For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
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For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision
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89 For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
Latest Articles 2009
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Michael is the mighty angel that "standeth" for the children of
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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But, like almost everybody mentioned here, Regina is a document of the demands of readers and the faculty of writers: and so she "standeth," if not exactly "crowned," yet ticketed.
The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889
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