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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
till .
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Examples
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
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He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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Euery man is to bring sufficient for himselfe, to serue his turne for foure moneths, and if neede require to giue order for more to be brought vnto him to the Campe from his tenant that tilleth his land, or some other place.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12. 1999
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He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs 28. 1999
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The tiller tilleth with the plough the soil and soweth the seeds thereon.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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A Husbandman is he which with discretion and good order tilleth the ground in his due seasons, making it fruitfull to bring forth Corne, and plants, meete for the sustenance of man.
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He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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