waxen
part of speech
verb form (old English)
meaning for a pupil
An old past form of "wax," meaning grown or become: "waxen poor" means become poor. tree →
examples
- And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient means to redeem it; (Torah LEV.25.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant. (Torah LEV.25.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. (Torah DEU.29.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich; (Prophets JER.5.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it came to pass, when Israel was waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to task-work, but did in no wise drive them out. (Prophets JDG.1.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, but did not utterly drive them out. (Prophets JOS.17.13, JPS 1917) tree →
note
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Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «waxen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.