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

Etymologies

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use + -eth

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Examples

  • There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

    Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010

  • (Isaiah 47: 13-14) There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

    Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010

  • (Isaiah 47: 13-14) There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

    Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010

  • Methinks the lady doth protest too much–Shakespeare wouldeth haveth been proud of this eloquent language useth.

    I Thoughteth They Were Flowers « Fairegarden 2010

  • I like lists, and I like rules, and surely we can all agree that adverbs are the tool of the devil, and certainly he will condemn every writer who useth them to eternal damnation.

    We like dancing and we look divine Kat Howard 2010

  • The word "arms" is reasonably defined as "any thing that a man wears for his defence, or takes into his hands, or useth in wrath to cast at or strike another."

    A Step in the Right Direction: Bob Barr is MY Guy for Prez 2008

  • There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

    HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

  • I like lists, and I like rules, and surely we can all agree that adverbs are the tool of the devil, and certainly he will condemn every writer who useth them to eternal damnation.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Kat Howard 2010

  • There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

    HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010

  • Many many timeth did she whineth unto me, saying, O why why why don't thou doest something to maketh the meek feelest better, O yea, the Samaritans, and the peacemakers, and the lepers, and to do likewise unto all the ladies who weareth flowers in their hair and who useth henna to draw peace idols uponeth their soft Venusian mounds?'

    Archive 2009-02-22 2009

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