#*Bible, (Psalms) lxxxiii.1: #*:Holdnot thy peace, and be not still. #*(John Milton) (1608-1674) #*:Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, / Shallholdtheir course. #To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to...
#*:Let not a widow betakeninto the number under threescore. # To understand or interpret. Usage notes In informal speech, especially in certain sociolects, (took) is sometimes replaced by the proscribed form (taked). Quotations *1611— (King James Version of the Bible),1:1*: Forasmuch ...