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- verb Present participle of
esquire .
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Examples
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Valhurst advance from the cabin, where he had been drying and refreshing himself, she welcomed him as a resource, and, taking advantage of the civility she owed him for what he had suffered in esquiring her, gave him her sole attention; always persuaded his admiration was but a sort of old fashioned politeness, equally without design in itself, or subject for comment in others.
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Sticks of Fire, St. Petersblog, and the earnest, esquiring law blogger Matt Conigliaro, author of Abstract Appeal, were among the first bloggers with the story.
Public Principles and Private Vouchers Beach Blogger 2006
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Calander esquiring a Princess dedicated to Fatal Enchantment -- that
The Day of Days An Extravaganza Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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"I shall be very happy to, Mistress, when my work is done, though I fear that I shall make but a poor escort, for indeed I have had no practice whatever in the esquiring of dames."
When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire 1867
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