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sheathing the sword

sheathing the sword is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about sheathing the sword

What is sheathing the sword the present participle and gerund of?
Sheathing the sword is the present participle and gerund of sheathe the sword.

Words near sheathing the sword in the dictionary

  1. sheathest
  2. sheatheth
  3. sheathfish
  4. sheathfishes
  5. sheathing
  6. sheathing the sword
  7. sheathings
  8. sheathless
  9. sheathlike
  10. sheathotomies
  11. sheathotomy

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