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William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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horrifying

Part of SpeechverbUsed In Literature ↓

To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

In a Sentence

The haunted house was horrifying, from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

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Common Phrases

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