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sheathes the sword

sheathes the sword is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sheathe the sword.

Meaning of sheathe the sword

Verb

sheathe the sword (third-person singular simple present sheathes the sword, present participle sheathing the sword, simple past and past participle sheathed the sword)

  1. (idiomatic) To end a battle; to make peace.
    • My wish and hope, therefore, is, that it will be rejected by this House; and that another, dutiful yet decent, manly address, will be presented to his majesty, praying that he would sheathe the sword, prevent the further effusion of the blood of our fellow subjects, and adopt some mode of...1777, John Wilkes, The Conquest of the Americans

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Sheathes the sword is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sheathe the sword.

Words near sheathes the sword in the dictionary

  1. sheathed the sword
  2. sheathedst
  3. sheather
  4. sheathers
  5. sheathes
  6. sheathes the sword
  7. sheathest
  8. sheatheth
  9. sheathfish
  10. sheathfishes
  11. sheathing

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