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269 words match “DOTH”

ETERNAL n.
One of the appellations of God. Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker.
EXALT v.
; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. "Exalt ye the Lord." Ps. xcix. 5. In his own grace he doth exalt himself. Shak.
EXAMPLE n.
onds with something else; a precedent; a model. Such temperate order in so fierce a cause Doth want example. Shak.
EXOTHERMIC a.
erized by, or formed with, evolution of heat; as, an exothermic reaction; -- opposed to endothermic.
FALSE a.
rs; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry. False face must hide what the false heart doth know. Shak.
FANTASY v.
To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish. Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).
FAULTY a.
Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure. Shak. The king doth speak . . . as one which is faulty. 2 Sam. xiv. 13.
FEAST v.
To be highly gratified or delighted. With my love's picture then my eye doth feast. Shak.
FEEDER n.
ho eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. Shak.
FELLOWSHIP n.
ted our fellowship. Shak. Fellowship in pain divides not smart. Milton. Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. Shak. The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof this world holds record. Tennyson.
FERTILITY n.
ty of soil, or of imagination. "fertility of resource." E. Everett. And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in its own fertility. Shak. Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility. Byron.
FLEET v.
To sail; to float. [Obs.] And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. Spenser.
FLOURISH v.
nce; to set off with a parade of words. [Obs.] Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit. Shak.
FOOLERY n.
l; absurdity. Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak.
FOR conj.
anks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever. Ps. cxxxvi. 1. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Shak. For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by thei…
FORETHINK v.
; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate. [Obs.] The soul of every man Prophetically doth forethink thy fall. Shak.
FROWN v.
ith disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness. The sky doth frown and lower upon our army. Shak.
GIFT n.
A bribe; anything given to corrupt. Neither take a gift, for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise. Deut. xvi. 19.
GIRDLE v.
To inclose; to environ; to shut in. Those sleeping stones, That as a waist doth girdle you about. Shak.
GLANCE v.
f the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Shak.
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