throed

Verb

throe (third-person singular simple present throes, present participle throeing, simple past and past participle throed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
   • Pre-thee ſay on, / The ſetting of thine eye, and cheeke proclaime / A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed, / Which throwes thee much to yeeld.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

   Synonyms:

   afflict, torture, ache, aggrieve, agonize, anguish, dere, excruciate, hurt, irritate

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
   • [W]hile yet he gazed at the wonderful countenance, his memory began to throe and struggle.1880 November 12, Lew[is] Wallace, chapter V, in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, book seventh, page 473

   Synonyms:

   ache, thole, agonize, anguish, hurt, pain, passion, suffer, wark, wring

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