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- verb archaic Simple past tense and past participle of
sign .
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Examples
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Long sigh'd to pierce what's hid from mortal sight,
Cast and Characters 2008
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Her fair hand on her son's curl'd head, sigh'd, wept, and bade him say
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When he was gone I thought on him perpetually, I sigh'd every Moment, I counted the Hours of his Absence as no Part of my Life, wish'd these tedious three Weeks cut out of the Records of Time, often repeating to my self his Vows and Assurances of everlasting Love, resolving to be no longer cruel to my self and him, but let him know what mighty Sums of Love
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When he was gone I thought on him perpetually, I sigh'd every Moment, I counted the Hours of his Absence as no Part of my Life, wish'd these tedious three Weeks cut out of the Records of Time, often repeating to my self his Vows and Assurances of everlasting Love, resolving to be no longer cruel to my self and him, but let him know what mighty Sums of Love
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However, I thought I had set my self in a good and convenient Road to pass my Life's Pilgrimage; but this my design'd Tranquility was disturb'd by the frequent Visits of Bosvil, who, as a Kinsman and a Friend, had free Access to our House; and tho 'he made no formal or direct Address to me, yet his Eyes darted Love, his Lips smil'd Love, his Heart sigh'd
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However, I thought I had set my self in a good and convenient Road to pass my Life's Pilgrimage; but this my design'd Tranquility was disturb'd by the frequent Visits of Bosvil, who, as a Kinsman and a Friend, had free Access to our House; and tho 'he made no formal or direct Address to me, yet his Eyes darted Love, his Lips smil'd Love, his Heart sigh'd
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And sigh'd for the day, when her suff'rings should close.
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O Provost he sigh'd aloud and to his officers he said,
Noble Lads of Canada 1996
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Look'd in her face, smiled, sigh'd, and then -- forgave her!
Poems (1828) Thomas Gent
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They sobb'd and they sigh'd, and they bitterly cried,
Harry's Ladder to Learning Anonymous
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