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seeking one's virtuous couch

seeking one's virtuous couch is the present participle and gerund of seek one's virtuous couch.

Meaning of seek one's virtuous couch

Verb

seek one's virtuous couch (third-person singular simple present seeks one's virtuous couch, present participle seeking one's virtuous couch, simple past and past participle sought one's virtuous couch)

  1. To go to bed: to lie down to sleep.
    • "If he does not love her," I murmured to myself, as I sought my virtuous couch, "she must love him[…]."c. 1891, Fergus Hume, chapter 13, in When I Lived in Bohemia

Questions about seeking one's virtuous couch

What is seeking one's virtuous couch the present participle and gerund of?
Seeking one's virtuous couch is the present participle and gerund of seek one's virtuous couch.

Words near seeking one's virtuous couch in the dictionary

  1. seekin'
  2. seeking
  3. seeking a knot in a bulrush
  4. seeking for
  5. seeking one's fortune
  6. seeking one's virtuous couch
  7. seeking out
  8. seekingly
  9. seekings
  10. seekini
  11. seekinis

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