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by the gods

adv

Definitions

  1. Polytheistic form of of by God.

    • What! you shun / An old friend, Balbus? No! It was not I! / No! by the gods! I never gave consent / To those red days of massacre!
    • He lifted eyes half-wild with horror in a face the color of yellow mud. “The child, Lady! By the gods, where is the child?”
    • ‘Let me up and I’ll explain. Please, I can’t speak. I won’t try to run from you.’ / ‘Oh yes, by the gods, you’ll explain!’ […] ‘And you’ll help me get back to Earth, or I’ll kill you! Tell me, Auriel!’

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for by the gods. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA