Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affected with apoplexy or paralysis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Affected with apoplexy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Affected with
apoplexy .
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Examples
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If suddenly apoplexed, would he rest in his grave without sending his [Greek: eidôlon] to shout in the ears of posterity, 'Junius was X.Y.Z.,
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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If suddenly apoplexed, would he rest in his grave without sending his [Greek: eidolon] to shout in the ears of posterity, "Junius was X.Y.Z.,
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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