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No, no one is presuming. We've looked it up in really old dictionaries. It had a different semantic range back then than it did now, and evidence of that has been shown, including quotes from Shakespeare given.
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I have posted the English definition of this word from a common dictionary today, to which shows it has not changed one bit. Quotes from Shakespear only affirm this.
love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle
No, no one is presuming. We've looked it up in really old dictionaries. It had a different semantic range back then than it did now, and evidence of that has been shown, including quotes from Shakespeare given.
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I have posted the English definition of this word from a common dictionary today, to which shows it has not changed one bit. Quotes from Shakespear only affirm this.
love in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour,
michelle