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  • proper noun A male given name, a spelling variant of Aeneas.

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Examples

  • Lydda, where Peter now was, was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples at Joppa had heard that Peter was there, and that he had raised Eneas from a bed of languishing; and therefore they sent him two men, to make the message the more solemn and respectful, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them; not telling him the occasion, lest he should modestly decline coming upon so great an errand as to raise the dead: if they can but get him to them, they will leave it to him.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • "Roman de Thèbes," written about 1150; that of "Eneas," composed during the same period; the History of Alexander, or the "Roman de toute

    A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

  • "There are a number of suggestions that we actually think are very thoughtful and that we'll integrate into the proposal," said Eneas Kane , chief executive of DMB, a Scottsdale, Ariz., company that has developed large communities in Arizona and elsewhere in California.

    Dash of Change Coming to Salt-Site Plan Vauhini Vara 2011

  • Well, we twain must go against Eneas or Paris, most hateful of Phrygians, and withour swords cut off their heads.

    Rhesus 2008

  • Well, we twain must go against Eneas or Paris, most hateful of Phrygians, and withour swords cut off their heads.

    Rhesus 2008

  • I must positively put the wretch out of doors, to ensure the safety of my furniture; and in consequence of this, Eneas, an audacious young negro, in whom wisdom hath not waited for years — Eneas, my groom, I say, will probably be elevated to the post of valet-de-chambre.

    The Paris Sketch Book 2006

  • The whiche Eneas was of the cytee of Troye, and aftre was Kyng of Itaylle.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And 5 myle fro Sarphen is the cytee of Sydon: of the whiche cytee, Dydo was lady, that was Eneas wyf aftre the destruccioun of Troye; and that founded the cytee of Cartage in Affrick, and now is cleped Dydon

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Perhaps Jones might have seen him in that light, and have recollected the passage where the Sibyl, in order to procure an entrance for Eneas, presents the keeper of the Stygian avenue with such a sop.

    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 2004

  • To the vnlucky sailer Vlisses, and to the banished Eneas, to Cyrus, Xerxes, and

    The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

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