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Definition of Thirsted
1. thirst [v] - See also: thirst
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirsted
Literary usage of Thirsted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1825)
"He had long known that the rabble thirsted for his blood, but this he said "was
strange news to his innocency, having to the uttermost of his understanding ..."
2. A Commentary on the Book of Psalms, in which Their Literal in Historical by George Horne (1833)
"... by the resurrection, exaltation, and power of him, whose blood they thirsted
after, and whom they mocked and insulted, when in his last agonies on the ..."
3. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1805)
"... that he might tell James, by her youthful disposition, how unlikely he was to
come to the throne he so much thirsted after *." During • The hospitality ..."
4. Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne (1823)
"Had Marius, instead of letting him go, given him up to Sulpitius, who thirsted
for his blood, he might have been absolute master of Rome. ..."
5. Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6, and a by John Evelyn (1827)
"... those who thirsted for his estate should misse of their aim ; and that he
should speak favourably of that Earle of Northumberland,* and some others who ..."