Definitions
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- noun Obsolete form of
interest . - verb Obsolete form of
interest . - verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
enter .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He hath made for thee somewhat and he will present it to thee when thou enterest the Hammam, saying,
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As for her gesture with the pot of green plants it meant, When thou comest, enter the flower garden which is behind the street; and as for her sign with the lamp it denoted, When thou enterest the flower garden walk down it and make for the place where thou seest the lamp shining; and seat thyself beneath it and await me; for the love of thee is killing me.
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The whiche lawe, Solon siemeth to haue translated to the Athenienses, vndre the name of the lawe Sisarea, decreyng that the body of no citezein, should for any maner of enterest be emprisoned.
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And if it fortune ye to faile to make paiemente at the dale: ye shall also be forced to paie the enterest, acording to the rate of the Vsurie.
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But they that for some offence, or debte of enterest, or suche like, are denied their bewriall, are sette vp at home without any cofre, vntle their successours growyng to abilite canne dischardge their debtes and offences, and honourably bewrie them.
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It was not thoughte to bee Iustice, that the manne of warre, whiche hasardeth his bodie for the sauftie of his countrie, should for an enterest of lone, bee throwen into prisone.
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Stick a pin in the bosom of thy shirt, before thou enterest her parlour.
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Stick a pin in the bosom of thy shirt, before thou enterest her parlour.
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But they found in the end of the ship two fair letters written, which said a dreadful word and a marvellous: Thou man, which shall enter into this ship, beware thou be in steadfast belief, for I am Faith, and therefore beware how thou enterest, for an thou fail I shall not help thee.
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"'And whose heart delights in the perfect order of this day thou enterest by coming forth into Heaven from the east; the Ancients and those who have gone before salute thee!'"
From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
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