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

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climb +‎ -est

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Examples

  • Thou hast placed thy feet upon the ladder; as thou climbest thou wilt emerge into brightness.

    Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Richard Short

  • O great Ra, who climbest the heavenly vaults and who sailest in thy boat across the firmament with undisputed authority, do thou save me from that austere god whose eyebrows are as menacing as the balance that weighs the deeds of men.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909

  • 'Magister,' she said, 'whilst thou climbest in London town thy wife will bide in Paris.'

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

  • Thou that out-climbest the torrent, that tendest thy goats to the summit,

    Amours De Voyage Anonymous 1858

  • All the time thou climbest the hill, Voices from throats unseen and accents fierce and fell shall resound in thine ears.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Steep cliff-walls shut in the valley; there stands up a crag; if thou climbest it thou canst look straight into France: one sees a plain, flat like the Danish plains.

    O. T. a Danish Romance 1840

  • Thou that out-climbest the torrent, that tendest thy goats to the summit,

    Amours De Voyage Arthur Hugh Clough 1840

  • "Thou movest," but the building expands; "thou climbest," but the Alp increases in height.

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Thinkest thou by importunity to overcome this lady's chastity, that thou climbest up to her windows anights by the trees?

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

  • 'Assuredly,' said Nicostratus, 'thou dotest; for we have not stirred a jot, save as thou seest, since thou climbest up into the pear-tree.'

    The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344

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