Slaketh vs Slayeth - What's the difference?
slaketh | slayeth |
(archaic) (slake)
*Sir (c.1569-1626)
*:When the body's strongest sinews slake .
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*:wherfor the quene waxed wroth with sir Launcelot / and vpon a day she called sir launcelot vnto her chamber and saide thus / Sir launcelot I see and fele dayly that thy loue begynneth to slake / for thou hast no Ioye to be in my presence / but euer thou arte oute of thys Courte
To go out; to become extinct.
*(Thomas Browne) (1605-1682)
*:His flame did slake .
(label) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires); to quench; to extinguish.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:slake the heavenly fire
(label) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.
*1961 , (Lawrence Durrell), , p.14:
*:Notes for landscape tones. Long sequences of tempera. Light filtered through the essence of lemons. An air full of brick-dust - sweet smelling brick dust and the odour of hot pavements slaked with water.
(label) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
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(label) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
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(slay)
To kill, murder.
(literary) To eradicate or stamp out.
(by extension, colloquial) To defeat, overcome.
* 1956', “Giants '''Slay Bears in Pro Title Battle”, in ''Lodi News-Sentinel , 1956 December 31,
* 1985', “Redskins '''slay Giants; Thiesmann shatters leg”, in ''The Gadsden Times , 1985 November 19,
* 1993 , Jack Curry, “
(slang) To delight or overwhelm, especially with laughter.
As verbs the difference between slaketh and slayeth
is that slaketh is (archaic) (slake) while slayeth is (slay).slaketh
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(head)slake
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(slak)Derived terms
* slaked * slake troughAnagrams
* * *slayeth
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*slay
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- The knight slew the dragon.
- Our foes must all be slain .
- You must slay these thoughts.
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Yanks’ Bullpen Falls Short Again”, in The New York Times , 1993 April 21:
- The Yankees were actually slayed by two former Yankees because Rich Gossage pitched one scoreless inning in relief of Eckersley to notch his first victory.
- Ha ha! You slay me!
Usage notes
* The alternative past tense and past participle form "slayed" is most strongly associated with the slang sense, "to delight or overwhelm": *: {{quote-book, i2=*::, 1929, Harry Charles Witwer, Yes Man's Landcitation, passage="Cutey, you slayed me !" grins Jackie, working fast. "I guess that's what made the rest of 'em look so bad — you was so good!"}} * In recent use, "slayed" is also often found associated with the other senses as well. However, this is widely considered nonstandard."But slayed cannot be considered established in such use. Whether it eventually becomes established remains to be seen." — '>citation * A review of US usage 2000-2009 in COCA suggests that "slayed" is increasing in popularity, but remains less common than "slew". It is very rare in UK usage (BNC).