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- verb archaic Third-person singular present simple form of
burden
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Examples
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"From the drinker it taketh away strength," I mocked, "and to the man unweary it burdeneth him into sleep."
THE DEATH OF LIGOUN 2010
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To the man who is weary it leadeth him to get up and go onward, and to the man unweary it burdeneth him into sleep.
THE DEATH OF LIGOUN 2010
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The Cow: “compelleth” in the sense of “burdeneth.”
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And the face of Kai was as a warrior that vanquisheth cities and burdeneth himself not with captives, and his form was as the forms of gods, but his eyes were the eyes of beasts; before whom came the King of Averon with elephants and camels bearing burdens of gold, and trusty servants carrying precious gems.
Time and the Gods Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917
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To the man who is weary it leadeth him to get up and go onward, and to the man unweary it burdeneth him into sleep.
The Death of Ligoun 1902
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It burdeneth the brain, it maketh even the little child
The Hidden Hand 1888
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How the thunderclouds are dispersed, or else employed by God, either for correction or mercy. by watering -- by loading it with water. wearieth -- burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain; thus "wearieth" answers to the parallel "scattereth" (compare, see on [542] Job 37: 9); a clear sky resulting alike from both. bright cloud -- literally, "cloud of his light," that is, of His lightning.
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His Throne reacheth over the Heavens and the Earth, and the upholding of both burdeneth Him not; and He is the High, the Great!
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You mourn for sin, as you say, and yet you cannot condescend on a particular that burdeneth your conscience; you grant you have many sins, but sit down to count them, and there is a short count of them.
The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Hugh Binning 1640
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"From the drinker it taketh away strength," I mocked, '' and to the man unweary it burdeneth him into sleep. "
The Death of Ligoun 1902
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