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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pursue.

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pursue + -eth

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Examples

  • Aquitania (Novempopulania), Lyonness, and Narbonensis; the towns, save a few, are dispeopled; the sword pursueth them abroad and famine at home.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • Aquitania (Novempopulania), Lyonness, and Narbonness; the towns, save a few, are dispeopled; the sword pursueth them abroad and famine at home.

    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 1830

  • Herein, Ajra of Mnoll, in his humility before the eyes of the gods and mortals alike, pursueth his dream of recording the history that is known to human, inhuman, and immortal minds alike.

    The Codex Continual » Manthar’s Notes: Kharndam Calendars (Part I) 2009

  • But "The wicked flee when no man pursueth", says Proverbs 28: 1 (King James Bible), and the supposition goes further that SocGen officials feared that Noyer knew something about their exposure in European futures, so on Monday the 21st they dumped "the overwhelming proportion of their huge long position in one day".

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • But "The wicked flee when no man pursueth", says Proverbs 28: 1 (King James Bible), and the supposition goes further that SocGen officials feared that Noyer knew something about their exposure in European futures, so on Monday the 21st they dumped "the overwhelming proportion of their huge long position in one day".

    "We Were 2008

  • The episode is weird enough to call to mind the words of the Psalm: The guilty flee where no man pursueth.

    Hear No Evil 2008

  • “The wicked flee though no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.”

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Classical or Biblical Allusions: 2007

  • As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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