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- verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of
demand
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Examples
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I should be; for the things that thou hast said to me are not those of that Anselmo who was my friend, nor are those that thou demandest of me what should be asked of the Lothario thou knowest.
Don Quixote 2002
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Or what am I to Thee that Thou demandest my love, and, if I give it not, art wroth with me, and threatenest me with grievous woes?
The Confessions 1999
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Thou art never in need but still thou dost rejoice at thy gains; art never greedy, yet demandest dividends.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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Art thou of the brotherhood of the empty skull, and demandest of me what thou shalt say?
The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various
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"If it were only 'aye' or 'nay' to be said, I should have said it long ago," she answered with averted eyes, "but there are many things that thou shouldst know, Kenkenes, before thou demandest the answer from me."
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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O thou of great good fortune, whatever thou demandest of me, O foremost of eloquent men, I will confer on thee, however difficult it may be for me! '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Art thou of the brotherhood of the empty skull and demandest of me what thou shalt say?
Short Stories of Various Types Various
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The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision
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Salmana, concerning whom you upbraided me, saying: Peradventure the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hands, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to the men that are weary and faint.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision
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