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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
excel .
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Examples
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“In what is he holier than I am?” said the Grand Master. — “Hermit, prophet, madman — say, if thou darest, in what thou excellest me?”
The Talisman 2008
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Then said he, “O Abu Ishak, wilt thou sing us somewhat, so we may hear of thine art that wherein thou excellest high and low?”
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Many Daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all:
Exilius 2008
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Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
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Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
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“O thou richest of men,” and “O thou that excellest in feasting, in multitudes of attendants, in herds of cattle, yea, and in eloquent speaking itself,” to be (as they are indeed) expressions that import reproach and infamy.
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Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Proverbs 31. 1999
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Nothing like that nonsense from King Lemuel at the end of Proverbs: Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Changed Man and the King of Words Card, Orson Scott 1979
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Dost thou call thyself king because thou excellest in cedar?
Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) Isaac Landman
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Others were captivated and enthused by her happy, hopeful spirit, and have accorded to her this beautiful tribute, "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."
The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Robert Elliott Flickinger
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