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- verb archaic Simple past tense and past participle of
lean .
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Examples
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The same evening with great pleasure I have seen as much of Chatham as the time would permit and have been on board the Victory and seen the spot where Lord Nelson lean'd when he died!
Letter 193 2009
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And my eldest brother lean'd upon his sword, Mr Boffin,
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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I lean'd my back unto an aik I thocht it was a trusty tree
Waly, Waly 3 1962
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He reel'd, and on Herminius he lean'd one breathing-space;
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Her neck she lean'd: -- her sad face to the skies,
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Said, 'I will kiss you': she laugh'd and lean'd her cheek.
Love in the Valley 1919
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And he lean'd o'er him who lay there, and in cautious whisper low, 35
Laus Deo 1919
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A lady that lean'd on his arm like a queen in a fable of old fairy days
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Against the spreading linden he lean'd his mighty spear.
Song and Legend from the Middle Ages Porter Lander MacClintock 1906
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Yet she appear'd no whit abash'd, but lean'd on the plough-tail and regarded me, easy and frank, as a man would.
The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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