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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sue.

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sue + -eth

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Examples

  • He would woo me to his love, and he sueth that I take him to spouse in lieu of thee and that I forget thee and he consoled for the loss of thee.

    Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981

  • Ganelon said, "He that sueth for peace often seeketh opportunity for war."

    The Junior Classics — Volume 4 William Patten 1902

  • "And now, brethren and sistren, to declare in the vulgar tongue unto you that have not the tongues, this passage of God's Word as sueth."

    Mistress Margery Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • It hath been truly said, æHe loseth the lave who sueth before a knave. '

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Thy sister's honour thou shalt guard though little might be hers, * For thou'rt her brother and for thee she sueth

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Who that hym sueth both hurte and shame shall fynde

    The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Sebastian Brant 1489

  • Now being come to London, and consulting with those of hir councell for the quieting of the whole state of the realme, [Sidenote: The quéene sueth to the empresse for the deliuerie of hir husband.] queene Maud wife to king Stephan (for so she was also called) made humble suit vnto hir to haue hir husband set at libertie, promising that he should resigne his whole claime and title into hir hands, and content himselfe with a priuate life.

    Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne Raphael Holinshed

  • For thou’rt her brother and for thee she sueth Allah’s might:

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • "When the people of Damascus saw Ajib's beauty and brilliancy and perfect grace and symmetry (for he was a marvel of comeliness and winning loveliness, softer than the cool breeze of the North, sweeter than limpid waters to man in drouth, and pleasanter than the health for which sick man sueth), a mighty many followed him, whilst others ran on before and sat down on the road until he should come up, that they might gaze on him."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "Premunire is a writ, and it lieth where any man sueth any other in the spirituall court for anything that is determinable in the King's

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

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