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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.
{Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.
sethen, AS. se['o]?an; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G.
sieden, Icel. sj??a, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a
burnt offering. Cf. {Sod}, n., {Sodden}, {Suds}.]
To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to
seethe flesh. [Written also {seeth}.]
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Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons
of the prophets. --2 Kings iv.
38.
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