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sooth
/suːθ/
noun 4adj 2adv 1verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
good
VERB + SOOTH
answer
SOOTH + NOUN
birds, mystery
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
Truth.
In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
[…] "O Eginhard, disclose The meaning and the mystery of the rose"; And trembling he made answer: "In good sooth, Its mystery is love, its meaning youth!"
2
Augury; prognostication.
The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
3
Blandishment; cajolery.
4
Reality; fact.
adj
1
True.
2
Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains
With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; […]
adv
1
In truth; indeed.
That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
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In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
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[…] "O Eginhard, disclose The meaning and the mystery of the rose"; And trembling he made answer: "In good sooth, Its mystery is love, its meaning youth!"
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The sooth of birds, by beating of their wings.
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The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains
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With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; […]
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That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
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