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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of claim.

Etymologies

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claim +‎ -est

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Examples

  • "Thou claimest to be on our side now, rovot?" he demanded as challengingly as he could manage.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • O thou who claimest to be prey of love and ecstasy;

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • An what thou claimest were the real truth, v. 151.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • O thou who claimest to be prey of love and ecstasy, vii.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • If thou succeedest in showing that any one of these things is the true property of mortal man, I freely grant those things to be thine which thou claimest.

    Consolation of Philosophy 2007

  • "Thou claimest to be the 'Corn Adept?" he demanded, his breath a freezing fog.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • "Thou claimest to be the 'Corn Adept?" he demanded, his breath a freezing fog.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • "Thou claimest to be on our side now, rovot?" he demanded as challengingly as he could manage.

    Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989

  • I claim the right to breed my mares as I see fit and in mine own time; thou claimest the bond of friend - ship to this mare.

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

  • "Thou claimest that we should have had no quarrel, but for my actions against thee?"

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

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