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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
whip .
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Examples
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And every day at sunrise she cometh forth, and first strippeth me, and whippeth me with an hundred strokes of the leathern scourge, and I weep and shriek; but there is no power of motion in my lower limbs to keep her off me.
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And every day at sunrise she cometh forth, and first strippeth me, and whippeth me with a hundred strokes of the leathern scourge, and I weep and shriek, but there is no power of motion in my lower limbs to keep her off me.
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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And every day at sunrise she cometh forth, and first strippeth me, and whippeth me with an hundred strokes of the leathern scourge, and I weep and shriek; but there is no power of motion in my lower limbs to keep her off me.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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And lo, fronting them the single blaze became two fires; and drawing nigh, Shibli Bagarag beheld them what they were, angry eyes in the head of a great lion, a model of majesty, and passion was in his mane and power was in his forepaws; so while he lashed his tail as a tempest whippeth the tawny billows at night, and was lifting himself for a roar, she said, 'A hair of Garraveen, and touch him with it! '
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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And lo, fronting them the single blaze became two fires; and drawing nigh, Shibli Bagarag beheld them what they were, angry eyes in the head of a great lion, a model of majesty, and passion was in his mane and power was in his forepaws; so while he lashed his tail as a tempest whippeth the tawny billows at night, and was lifting himself for a roar, she said, 'A hair of Garraveen, and touch him with it! '
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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And lo, fronting them the single blaze became two fires; and drawing nigh, Shibli Bagarag beheld them what they were, angry eyes in the head of a great lion, a model of majesty, and passion was in his mane and power was in his forepaws; so while he lashed his tail as a tempest whippeth the tawny billows at night, and was lifting himself for a roar, she said, 'A hair of Garraveen, and touch him with it! '
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868
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[John fourteen, verses 1, 27.] ` Whom the Lord loveth, He chastiseth; and whippeth also every son whom He receiveth. '"
The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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