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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
slay .
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Examples
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And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.
Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009
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The Quran also states in 5:32, He who slayeth anyone except a murderer, we do have capital punishment here in Texas, shall be as though he had slain all mankind; but he who saveth a life shall be as though he had saved all mankind.
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When she draweth nigh she seduceth and when she turneth her back461 she slayeth; she ravisheth heart and view and she looketh even as saith of her the poet,
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And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.
City of Ashes Cassandra Clare 2008
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King said to them, in the Persian tongue, Whoso slayeth this
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Moreover, I described to my company the tent and all the riches and rarities therein and said to them, “Know ye that this youth would not have cut himself off from society and have taken up his abode alone in this place, were he not a man of great prowess: so I propose that whoso slayeth the younker shall take his sister.”
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I tell thee, Elspeth, the Word slayeth — that is, the text alone, read with unskilled eye and unhallowed lips, is like those strong medicines which sick men take by the advice of the learned.
The Monastery 2008
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Upon this Kamar al-Zaman sat down behind the curtain and, taking out ink case, pen and paper, wrote the following: This is the writ of one whom passion swayeth, and whom longing waylayeth and wakeful misery slayeth one who despaireth of living and looketh for naught but dying with whose mourning heart nor comforter nor helper taketh part
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Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.
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Thou art a very young man and I fear lest her death be laid at thy door; for it is said: — Whoso slayeth shall be slain.
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