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Definition of Spates
1. spate [n] - See also: spate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spates
Literary usage of Spates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"They occupy these lands with the consent and authority of the United States; and
the holding of them by the United spates under the act of 1887, ..."
2. History of Methodism in Minnesota, / by Chauncey Hobart, D.D. by Chauncey Hobart (1887)
"S. spates and wife, and spent a week assisting in the meetings. ... In 1853, a
mission had been established at Mille Lac, and S. spates appointed to take ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1866)
"Thy rural loves are nature's sel'; Nae bombast spates o' nonsense swell; so Nae
snap conceits, but that sweet spell 0' ..."
4. History of Methodism in Minnesota, / by Chauncey Hobart, D.D. by Chauncey Hobart (1887)
"S. spates and wife, and spent a week assisting in the meetings. ... In 1853, a
mission had been established at Mille Lac, and S. spates appointed to take ..."
5. Studies in the History and Art of the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire by Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, Agnes Margaret Ramsay (1906)
"It drains a long upland valley, and is fed by several hill-torrents on both banks.
In the rainy season this river is subject to violent spates ; in dry ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"... of certain ¡spates between the Livonian nobles and the town of Reval, he was
appointed by Charles—now infirm from age—guardian of the royal family, ..."
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