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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
bow .
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Examples
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"Thou bowest down to a beetle," she went on without pausing.
The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller
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Constantius, by artifices and flattery, was a more dangerous persecutor than Nero and Decius: he tells him, "Thou receivest the priests with a kiss, as Christ was betrayed by one: thou bowest thy head to receive their blessing, that thou mayest trample on their faith: thou entertainest them at thy table, as Judas went from table to betray his master."
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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'Turn from Jerusalem; and when thou bowest down to Me, face that Holy
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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Thou bowest down Thy Head to give me the kiss of peace, who am still all unworthy and unclean.
Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. c. 1300-1361 1875
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For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.
The Holy Bible: Darby Translation Anonymous 1867
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Christ, thou bowest and prostrate thyself, look not on it as earth,
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Then answered Gorlois, who was courteous full truly, "Say me, Uther Pendragon, why bowest thou thy head down?
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
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Egypt, thou chastisest the foreigners, thou crushest, thou bowest the back of these Hittites forever.’
Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Epiphanius Wilson 1880
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"Old man that bowest thy shoulders over thy hoeing, verily thou shalt have wine enough when all these vines are bearing ....
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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