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Definition of Entombs
1. entomb [v] - See also: entomb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entombs
Literary usage of Entombs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"... in crescentic zones on the seaward side of the coarser material, and entombs
such of the vegetable matter as may have become water-logged at that part. ..."
2. Dictionary of Quotations (English) by Philip Hugh Dalbiac (1908)
"DAN CHAUCER—DEATH BUT entombs. " Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, ... The Minor (Sir
George), Act I., Sc. I. " Death but entombs the body; life the soul. ..."
3. An English Grammar: For Use in High and Normal Schools and in Colleges by Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup (1914)
"Death but entombs the body; fife, [entombs] the soul. 5. They not only forgave
but [they] applauded him.—MACAULAY. —YOUNG, Night Thoughts iii. 458. 7. ..."
4. Rand-McNally Primary Grammar and Composition: Principles and Definitions by by William D. Hall (1897)
"Death entombs the body; life entombs the soul. 30. Affronts are harmless where
men are worthless. 31. A blow with a word is deeper than (is) a blow with a ..."
5. Life and Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine, Daniel Edwin Wheeler (1908)
"But there is a necromancy in wretchedness that entombs the mind, and increases
the misery, by shutting out every ray of light and hope. ..."
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