Definitions

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  • verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of sit.

Etymologies

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From sit (+ t) + -est, the archaic second-person singular tense suffix.

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Examples

  • Thou sittest at the hand of God in glory of the Father.

    Archive 2008-05-01 bls 2008

  • Rejoined the old woman, o my lady, thou sittest in thy high palace and none may have access to thee; no, not even the birds of the air.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Raise thy silvered head, weep not where thou sittest at the holy altar of Demeter.

    The Suppliants 2008

  • Raise thy silvered head, weep not where thou sittest at the holy altar of Demeter.

    The Suppliants 2008

  • Then Bulukiya who was wandering the world in his love for Mohammed (whom Allah bless and keep!) asked Janshah, ‘O my brother, what be these two sepulchres and why sittest thou between them and what causeth thy weeping?’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Time lays his touch so lightly on these generous steeds, that the mare on which thou now sittest has seen five times five years pass over her, yet retains her pristine speed and vigour, only that in the career the support of a bridle, managed by a hand more experienced than thine, hath now become necessary.

    The Talisman 2008

  • So he saluted him and he returned his salutation, and Bulukiya said to him, ‘Who art thou and what are these two built tombs between which thou sittest, and wherefore this wailing?’

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.

    The First Thanksgiving Was Catholic de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.

    Archive 2007-11-11 de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

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