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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEETHE, v. t. pret. seethed, sod; pp. seethed, sodden. [Heb. to seethe, to boil, to swell, to be inflated.] To boil; to decoct or prepare for food in hot liquor; as, to seethe flesh.
Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. Exodus 23.
SEETHE, v. i. To be in a state of ebullition; to be hot. [This word is rarely used in the common concerns of life.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity" [syn: hum, buzz, seethe]
2: be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger" [syn: seethe, boil]
3: foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid"
4: boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" [syn: seethe, roll]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (seethed; seething) Etymology: Middle English sethen, from Old English s?othan; akin to Old High German siodan to seethe and probably to Old Lithuanian siausti (it) storms, rages Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. archaic boil, stew 2. to soak or saturate in a liquid intransitive verb 1. archaic boil 2. a. to be in a state of rapid agitated movement b. to churn or foam as if boiling 3. to suffer violent internal excitement <seethe with jealousy> II. noun Date: 1816 a state of seething ; ebullition

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. boil, bubble over. 2 intr. be very agitated, esp. with anger (seething with discontent; I was seething inwardly). 3 tr. & intr. archaic cook by boiling. Derivatives: seethingly adv. Etymology: OE seothan f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. --2 Kings iv. 38.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Seethe Seethe, v. i. To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. --1 Sam. ii. 13. A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. --G. W. Cable.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(seethes, seething, seethed) 1. When you are seething, you are very angry about something but do not express your feelings about it. She took it calmly at first but under the surface was seething... She grinned derisively while I seethed with rage... He is seething at all the bad press he is getting. ...a seething anger fueled by decades of political oppression. VERB: V, V prep, V prep, V-ing 2. If you say that a place is seething with people or things, you are emphasizing that it is very full of them and that they are all moving about. The forest below him seethed and teemed with life... Madrigueras station was a seething mass of soldiers. VERB: V with n, V-ing, also V [emphasis]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

to boil (Ex. 16:23).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

seth: Old English for "boil"; past tense, "sod" (Ge 25:29), past participle, "sodden" (La 4:10). See Ex 23:19 the King James Version.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Boil. 2. Steep, soften, soak. II. v. n. Boil, be hot.

Moby Thesaurus

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