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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
torture
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Examples
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Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor:
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Ha! Ha! And torturest me, fool that thou art, Dead – torturest quite my pride?
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Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor: I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
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If I could change this lamp into a human being, that would not give me the right to torture him, and if I did torture him and he cried out, "Why torturest thou me?" and I replied, "Because I made you," he would be right in replying, "You made me, therefore you are responsible for my happiness."
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest Robert Green Ingersoll 1866
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Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor:
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Thou torturest me, Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor: I would not have given it for _a wilderness of monkies_. "
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"I prithee, then, go quickly — thou torturest me, man, I say.
The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2) Henry William Herbert 1832
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"Dog! dost thou trifle with me?" he exclaimed: "Vile wire-pincher, thou torturest me!
The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801
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