2. Verb. (third-person singular of scoff) ¹
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Definition of Scoffs
1. scoff [v] - See also: scoff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoffs
Literary usage of Scoffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... in a letter to a Noble Lord," September, 1765—The controversial method of this
pamphlet—Otis ridicules the doctrine of virtual representation—scoffs at ..."
2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"Scoffers he scoffs at, liut to the pious he shows favor. 35. Wise men obtain
honor, liut ignominy is the < portion > of fools. 31. Synonymous, ternary. ..."
3. The History of the Late Province of New-York, from Its Discovery, to the by William Smith, New-York Historical Society (1829)
"... asserted them to be ancient, and offered to be restricted by the distance of
sixteen miles from Hudson's River. increasing the discord, by their scoffs ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... scorner is there represented " as i libertine returned from travel, who
agreeably to his name, scoffs at religion." Percy Anc. Ballads, i, p. ..."
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