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- verb archaic  Third-person singular simple present indicative form of 
climb . 
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Examples
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Chapter 10 1. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
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Chapter 10 1. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
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“He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities.” —
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He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10. 1999
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Amen, amen, I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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I like to have those who enter my property do so by the ways provided, for "whoso climbeth up any other way, the same is a thief and a robber."
The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm John Williams Streeter
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Amen, amen, I say to you: He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold but climbeth up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 50: John The Challoner Revision
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But of him it is happened, as it is of the fox, when he is boldest over the weald, and hath his full play, and fowls enow; for wildness he climbeth, and rocks he seeketh; in the wilderness holes to him worketh.
Roman de Brut. English Layamon
 
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