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Seethe

//siːð// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of boiling or frothing; ebullition, seething; hence, extreme heat; much activity. countable, figuratively, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    Of a liquid or other substance, or a container holding it: to be boiled (vigorously); to become boiling hot. intransitive

    "[W]hen a pot ſeetheth, if we lade it and moove the liquor up and down, even while it ſeetheth, we ſhall make it quiet."

  2. 2
    boil vigorously wordnet
  3. 3
    Of a liquid, vapor, etc., or a container holding it: to foam or froth in an agitated manner, as if boiling. figuratively, intransitive

    "My bowels ſeeth wͪ in me ⁊ take no reſt, for yͤ dayes of my trouble are come vpõ me."

  4. 4
    foam as if boiling wordnet
  5. 5
    Of a person: to be in an agitated or angry mental state, often in a way that is not obvious to others. figuratively, intransitive

    "I vvill make a complementall aſſault vpon him for my buſineſſe ſeeth's."

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  1. 6
    be in an agitated emotional state wordnet
  2. 7
    Of a place: to be filled with many people or things moving about actively; to buzz with activity; also, of people or things: to move about actively in a crowd or group. figuratively, intransitive

    "Shock Box was the skankiest bar in Hasted, complete with a cheesy jukebox, cheap pints, and a sweaty club in the basement that seethed every weekend with a superhorny boarding-school crowd."

  3. 8
    be noisy with activity wordnet
  4. 9
    Of a place: to have inhabitants in an angry or disaffected mood; to be in a state of unrest. figuratively, intransitive

    ""All the north is seething," said Gerard. "We must contrive to agitate the metropolis," said Maclast, a shrewd carroty-haired paper-stainer."

  5. 10
    To overboil (something) so that it loses its flavour or texture; hence (figurative), to cause (the body, the mind, the spirit, etc.) to become dull through too much alcoholic drink or heat. archaic, transitive

    "Yee come t'encounter vvith a valiant Foe; / […] ſuch as ſhrinke not / To haue their bloods ſod vvith the dog-dayes heate, / Nor to be crudled vvith cold Saturnes Rod: […]"

  6. 11
    To soak (something) in a liquid; to drench, to steep. archaic, transitive
  7. 12
    To boil (something); especially, to cook (food) by boiling or stewing; also, to keep (something) boiling. obsolete, transitive

    "Iacob ſod potage ⁊ Eſau came from the feld ⁊ was faine […]"

  8. 13
    Of the stomach: to digest (food). obsolete, transitive

    "Elixation is the ſeething of meat in the ſtomack, by the ſaid naturall heat, as meat is boyled in a pot; […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb is derived from Middle English sethen, seeth (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”) [and other forms], from Old English sēoþan (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to boil, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-, *h₂sew-, *h₂sut- (“to move about, roil, seethe”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Albanian zjej (“to boil, seethe”) * Danish syde (“to seethe, boil”) * Dutch zieden (“to boil, seethe”) * German sieden (“to boil, seethe”) * Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs, “burnt offering, sacrifice”) * Icelandic sjóða (“to boil, seethe”) * Low German seden (“to seethe”) * Norwegian Bokmål syde (“to boil, seethe”) * Norwegian Nynorsk sjoda, syda (“to boil, seethe”) * Scots seth, seith (“to seethe”) * Swedish sjuda (“to boil, seethe”) * West Frisian siede (“to boil”)

Etymology 2

The verb is derived from Middle English sethen, seeth (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”) [and other forms], from Old English sēoþan (“to boil, seethe; to cook; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuþan, from Proto-Germanic *seuþaną (“to boil, seethe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂sewt-, *h₂sew-, *h₂sut- (“to move about, roil, seethe”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Albanian zjej (“to boil, seethe”) * Danish syde (“to seethe, boil”) * Dutch zieden (“to boil, seethe”) * German sieden (“to boil, seethe”) * Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (sauþs, “burnt offering, sacrifice”) * Icelandic sjóða (“to boil, seethe”) * Low German seden (“to seethe”) * Norwegian Bokmål syde (“to boil, seethe”) * Norwegian Nynorsk sjoda, syda (“to boil, seethe”) * Scots seth, seith (“to seethe”) * Swedish sjuda (“to boil, seethe”) * West Frisian siede (“to boil”)

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