Slaveth vs Slayeth - What's the difference?
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(slave)
A person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owner's volition.
A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders to something.
A drudge; one who labours like a slave.
An abject person; a wretch.
A person who is forced against his/her will to perform, for another person or other persons, sexual acts or other personal services on a regular or continuing basis.
(engineering) A device that is controlled by another device.
To work hard.
To enslave.
To place a device under the control of another.
* 2005 , Simon Millward, Fast Guide to Cubase SX (page 403)
(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 slaveth and slayeth
is that slaveth is (slave) while slayeth is (slay).slaveth
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Verb
(head)slave
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Alternative forms
: * ** sclaue * ** sclaue ** sclave * ** sclaue ** sklaw ** sklaue ** sklave : * ** slaif ** slaue ** slave (modern spelling developed) * ** slaue ** slave (whenceforth the modern spelling predominated)Noun
(en noun)- a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
- Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.
Derived terms
(terms derived from slave) * antislavery * bondslave * enslave * enslavement * enslaver * no slave to fashion * postslavery * sex slave * sexual slavery * slaveboy * slave code * slavedom * slave driver, slave-driver * Slave Dynasty * slave-girl, slavegirl * slaveholder * slaveholding * slave labour * slaveless * slavelike * slavemaster * slaveowner * slaver * slave to fashion * slavery * slave ship * slave trade * slavey * slavish * wage slave * white slave * white slaver * white slaverySee also
* chattel * indentured servant * * (Slavery)Verb
(slav)- I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
- (Marston)
- to slave a hard disk
- Slaving one digital audio device to another unit using timecode alone results in time-based synchronisation
References
* August 2, 2004 ,"EE Times: Beware 'zombie' clauses* Notes:
Anagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) ----slayeth
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*slay
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Verb
- The knight slew the dragon.
- Our foes must all be slain .
- You must slay these thoughts.
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page D1-5.
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).