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Definition of Agonises
1. agonise [v] - See also: agonise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonises
Literary usage of Agonises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion Based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier (1897)
"He agonises in Gethsemane, the Messiah agonises in Him, and He prays thus: "
Father, not My will, but Thine be done." Hence comes His freedom of spirit, ..."
2. Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas (1878)
"... agonises me!" cried Athos. Mordaunt reappeared. " D'Artagnan ! D'Artagnan !"
cried Athos, " my son ! I entreat you : the wretch is dying; ..."
3. The Bookman (1905)
"... and every enormous speech, instead of boring you, merely agonises Eraste,
giving you the comfortable sensation that old scores are being paid off, ..."
4. Milton by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1900)
"He agonises with the question in the famous digression on poetry and poetic fame.
But he consoles himself by appeal to a Court where the success and the ..."
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