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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
swim .
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Examples
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Hearing this he bade his handmaids bring food, whereupon four damsels with girded waists placed in front of them a table, whereon were rare meats of that which flieth and walketh earth and swimmeth seas, sand-grouse and quails and chickens and pigeons; and written on the raised edge of the tray were verses such as sorted with the entertainment.
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Brings love that swimmeth in her eyes to dive into her heart.
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And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
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And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
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Thessalie flowing into Peneus, swimmeth aloft like oile.
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Thessalie flowing into Peneus, swimmeth aloft like oile.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Yet I say unto thee, if thou shouldest become a fish that swimmeth in the depths of the ocean, if thou shouldest change into
The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
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And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
Isaiah 25. 1999
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And he shall stretch forth his hands under him, as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down his glory with the dashing of his hands.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision
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And I would I could know what swimmeth below when the tide comes in
Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson
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