Definition of Persecutes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of persecute) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Persecutes

1. persecute [v] - See also: persecute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persecutes

persalts
persant
persaunt
persay
perscopate
perscopated
perscopates
perscopating
perscrutation
perscrutations
perse
persecuted
persecutee
persecutees
persecutes
persecutest
persecuteth
persecuting
persecution complex
persecutions
persecutive
persecutor
persecutors
persecutory
persecutory type of paranoid disorder
persecutour
persecutrices
persecutrix

Literary usage of Persecutes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testament by John Brown (1818)
"... Tbe gospel is spread. common or unclean hath at any time entered into my month. THE ACTS. Herod persecutes the ..."

2. The Papacy and the Civil Power by Richard Wigginton Thompson (1876)
"He persecutes Reformers and Papists.—Edward VI. the first Protestant King ... She persecutes both Papists and Protestants.—Is educated in the School of Rome ..."

3. The Papacy and the Civil Power by Richard Wigginton Thompson (1876)
"He persecutes Reformers and Papists.—Edward VI. the first Protestant King. ... She persecutes both Papists and Protestants. — Is educated in the School of ..."

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