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Definition of Lusting
1. lust [v] - See also: lust
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lusting
Literary usage of Lusting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal by William Beckford (1834)
"... not to pass away with ihe winter-preens that adorn our Christmas parlors, but
to maintain a lusting hold on the attention'of the Christian community, ..."
2. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Wherein the lusting of sin consisteth. Its surprising of the soul. Readiness to
close with temptations. Its fighting and warring. 1. ..."
3. The Franco-German War, 1870-1871 by Francis Coningsby Hannam Clarke (1881)
"To attack this lar superior force without prospect of speedy and lusting support,
was the task with which General v. Alvensleben charged his army corps, ..."
4. The Bible for Young People by Henricus Oort, Isaäc Hooykaas, Abraham Kuenen (1877)
"... hy later prophets,1 but even established itself in the very language of the
Israelites, in which idolatry is constantly called " lusting after the idols ..."
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