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sought one's virtuous couch

sought one's virtuous couch is the simple past and past participle 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 sought one's virtuous couch

What is sought one's virtuous couch the simple past and past participle of?
Sought one's virtuous couch is the simple past and past participle of seek one's virtuous couch.

Words near sought one's virtuous couch in the dictionary

  1. sought
  2. sought a knot in a bulrush
  3. sought after
  4. sought for
  5. sought one's fortune
  6. sought one's virtuous couch
  7. sought out
  8. sought-after
  9. soughten
  10. soughtest
  11. soughtst

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