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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ache .
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Examples
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And when the Lady Badr alBudur saw him sitting hand to head and complaining of unease, she asked him the cause and he answered, "I know of none other save that my head acheth exceedingly."
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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Savitri, owing to this hard exercise my head acheth, and all my limbs and my heart also are afflicted sorely!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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After many more attempts, and with an arm that acheth much, you succeed in affixing your rope round something, throwing from the saddle.
Adventures in Many Lands Various
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And he answered, and said, 'Lord, my tooth acheth.'
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And it is for these reasons that my heart so acheth. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 12: 4 Kings The Challoner Revision
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I answered her, My head acheth, and I am not well.
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And lest the whole part should corrupt, he spareth not to burn and to cut off the part that is rotted, and if a part in the right side acheth, he spareth not to smite in the left side.
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902
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