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seethe

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seethe  \Seethe\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Seethed}({Sod},  obs.);  p.  p. 
  {Seethed},  {Sodden};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Seething}.]  [OE. 
  sethen,  AS  se['o]?an;  akin  to  D.  sieden,  OHG.  siodan,  G. 
  sieden,  Icel.  sj??a,  Sw  sjuda,  Dan.  syde,  Goth.  saubs  a 
  burnt  offering.  Cf  {Sod},  n.,  {Sodden},  {Suds}.] 
  To  decoct  or  prepare  for  food  in  hot  liquid;  to  boil;  as  to 
  seethe  flesh.  [Written  also  {seeth}.] 
 
  Set  on  the  great  pot,  and  seethe  pottage  for  the  sons 
  of  the  prophets.  --2  Kings  iv 
  38. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seethe  \Seethe\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  a  state  of  ebullition  or  violent  commotion;  to  be  hot; 
  to  boil.  --1  Sam.  ii  13. 
 
  A  long  Pointe,  round  which  the  Mississippi  used  to 
  whirl,  and  seethe,  and  foam.  --G.  W.  Cable. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  seethe 
  v  1:  be  noisy  with  activity;  "This  office  is  buzzing  with 
  activity"  [syn:  {hum},  {buzz}] 
  2:  have  violent  emotions,  such  as  anger  or  frustration  [syn:  {boil}] 
  3:  be  in  an  agitated  emotional  state 
  4:  foam  as  if  boiling;  "a  seething  liquid"  [syn:  {foam}] 
  5:  boil  vigorously;  "The  liquid  was  seething"  [syn:  {roll}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Seethe 
  to  boil  (Ex.  16:23).




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