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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
do ;does .
Etymologies
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Examples
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[1.] He that hearest you, and regardeth what you say, heareth me, and herein doeth me honour.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Likewise that the warrelike captaine Britomarus (of whom Floras and Appian doe make report) was himselfe a Briton, his very name doeth testifie, which signifieth A great Briton.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Likewise that the warrelike captaine Britomarus (of whom Floras and Appian doe make report) was himselfe a Briton, his very name doeth testifie, which signifieth A great Briton.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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God, "It is the divine energy by whose power God wills and does all things which are conformable to His eternal law, prescribes suitable laws to His creatures, fulfils His promises to men, rewards the good, and punishes the ungodly." doeth -- "For the graces (virtues) are practical, and have their being in being produced (in being exercised); for when they have ceased to act, or are only about to act, they have not even being" [OECUMENIUS].
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But as the Old Testament tells us, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."
Michael Sigman: Hello, the Marx Brothers Must Be Coming Michael Sigman 2011
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"Methinks republicans doeth protest too much!" kimpinatlanta
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There were, he reckoned, just two kinds: "one maner is dedly and sleeth them that eateth of them and be called tode stoles, the other doeth not."
What's Magic About Mushrooms Richard Mabey 2011
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There was nothing of the lowly Galilean about him, but a great deal of the centurion who said: "For I am a man in authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it."
THE PEG 2010
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But as the Old Testament tells us, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."
Michael Sigman: Hello, the Marx Brothers Must Be Coming Michael Sigman 2011
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