bended

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Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron,

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  1. verb Archaic A past participle of bend1.
  2. idiom on bended knee On one's knee or knees, as in supplication or submission.

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  • But first he bended, then he broke, And so did my false love to me Think of the song as compensation, Linda told herself as she opened the door and saw a petticoat, her petticoat from Bendel's! —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 05 - May 2001
  • That was the situation when the mast top was horribly bended, and I was really a horrible situation. —  Sail-World.com USA Latest News
  • 'We have been assaulted and battered and snout-bended by ruffians of the worst description How can Your Worship say such things,' said the Wombat, 'and us a-wearin' bell-toppers before your very eyes If you've been assaulted and battered,' said the Mayor, 'we shall have to arrest the assaulters and batterers, as well What's fair to one is fair to all,' said the Constable. —  The Magic Pudding
  • A bended or bending will opens the eye. —  Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation
  • I pleaded to receive a kiss rather than to bestow one And her face was like a bended rose. —  A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales
 

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