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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
blush .
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Examples
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Gabriel Prateolus the Jesuit, who hauing neuer beene in England, nor yet vnderstanding the English toong, blusheth not to say that the translation of the English bible hath in it a thousand faults.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second Raphael Holinshed
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Nature inclineth thee to created things, to thine own flesh, to vanities and dissipation; but Grace draweth to God and to virtues, renounceth creatures, fleeth from the world, hateth the desires of the flesh, restraineth vagaries, blusheth to be seen in public.
LIV. Book III: On Inward Consolation. Of the Diverse Motions of Nature and of Grace 1909
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Why, he has a face like a black dog, [183] and blusheth like the back-side of a chimney.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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No man blusheth when he meets a man with whom he hath kept his word and discharged his trust: but every man is apt to do so, when he meets one with whom he has dealt dishonestly, or who knows some notorious crime by him.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 05. 1630-1694 1820
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It is hard to say whether he blusheth or trembleth more.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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Aristotle, in his rhetoric, distinguisheth between colours in the face that arise from passion, and those which arise from complexion; the pale face may look red when it blusheth, but this is only a passion; he is said properly to be ruddy and sanguine, who is constantly so, it is his complexion.
The Art of Divine Contentment: An Exposition of Philippians 4:11 1653
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State_, bk. ii., c. 18, says: "If he (the good yeoman) chance to appear in clothes above his rank, it is to grace some great man with his service, and then he blusheth at his own bravery."]
The Pretentious Young Ladies 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647
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