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Definition of Fleeted
1. fleet [v] - See also: fleet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleeted
Literary usage of Fleeted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... fleeted from near objects, by cutting off the more divergent rays and admitting
only those approaching a parallel direction ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"... and well a fleeted subjects. TEMPLE. represented love аз а soft torment, a
bitter sweet, a pleasing pain, or an agreeable distress. ..."
3. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... they * fleeted settlements in the distant and inhospitable wilds of America,
then filled with numerous and warlike nations of barbarians. ..."
4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"But hie mind was poetical ; his better characters, especially females, expresa
pure thoughts in pure language ; he is never tumid or »fleeted, and seldom ..."
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