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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
get .
Etymologies
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Examples
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O piper, tell me what wage thou gettest every month from thy master, for thy craft of piping.
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“I fear me, O Hasib, that when thou gettest back to thy country thou wilt fail of thy promise and prove traitor to thine oath and enter the Hammam.”
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Gunnar answered, “Never gettest thou that wealth; and men of might must thou meet here, or ever we lay by life if thou wilt deal with us in battle; ah, belike thou settest forth this feast like a great man, and wouldst not hold thine hand from erne and wolf!”
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What harm will it do thee if he get a kiss from thee and thou gettest what thou seekest at that price?
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"How many barrels will thy vengeance yield thee even if thou gettest it, Captain Ahab? it will not fetch thee much in our Nantucket market."
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“Nay, if thou gettest out of thyself, thou wouldst be beside thyself, and so wert but a mad giant.”
Westward Ho! 2007
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As to my dress, and thy dress, I have only to say, that the sum total of thy observation is this: that my outside is the worst of me; and thine the best of thee: and what gettest thou by the comparison?
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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“But why gettest thou not on thy braveries, Tressilian?” said Raleigh.
Kenilworth 2004
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I lay aside that which grows to me! if thou gettest any leave of me, hang me; if thou takest leave, thou wert better be hanged.
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So will I do, said Sir Gringamore, an me list, but for all thy great words thou gettest him not.
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