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  • verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of hate

Etymologies

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hate + -est

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Examples

  • When we acknowledge, "Lord, all souls are thine," we must add, "My soul is thine; thou that hatest all sin hatest my sin; thou that art good to all, good to Israel, art good to me."

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • But thou shalt make thy half-sleep henceforth at the mouth of the cave, so that when Gurr the tiger cometh, thou shalt hear him sniff between the boulders, and shalt strike the flints, whose stare he hatest.

    THE FIRST POET 2010

  • It seems that all the loyal Junior Bush and Cheney voters and supporters should have no problem with letting those two plea bargain off the hook, and so supporting prosecuting Poppa. & the club of codgers. (1920s: The hatest generation?)

    Straight from the top (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Nay, begone at once! speak me no speeches, for this is decreed, nor hast thou any art whereby thou shalt abide amongst us, since thou hatest me.

    Medea 2008

  • Many an evil doth exile bring in its train with it; for even though thou hatest me, never will I harbour hard thoughts of thee.

    Medea 2008

  • Still, though I am well-nigh sure thou hatest me, yet would I fain inquire what thou and Hellas have decided about my life.

    The Trojan Women 2008

  • Many an evil doth exile bring in its train with it; for even though thou hatest me, never will I harbour hard thoughts of thee.

    Medea 2008

  • He heard of thine equity and entered thy city and guarded site; 144 wherefore, if thou put him to death, the report will dispread abroad of thee, by means of the travellers, that thou hatest strangers and slayest them.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Nay, begone at once! speak me no speeches, for this is decreed, nor hast thou any art whereby thou shalt abide amongst us, since thou hatest me.

    Medea 2008

  • Still, though I am well-nigh sure thou hatest me, yet would I fain inquire what thou and Hellas have decided about my life.

    The Trojan Women 2008

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