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  2  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  seething 
  adj  :  in  constant  agitation;  "a  seething  flag-waving  crowd  filled 
  the  streets";  "a  seething  mass  of  maggots";  "lovers  and 
  madmen  have  such  seething  brains"-  Shakespeare 




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