elder
/ˈɛldɚ/ verb C1- To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
He/she/it elders · Past eldered · Past participle eldered · -ing form eldering
Verb forms
- Base form
- elder
- He/she/it
- elders
- Past
- eldered
- Past participle
- eldered
- -ing form
- eldering
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This prospect of fresh festivity redoubled the hilarity of the guests to such a degree, that the elder Dantès, who, at the commencement of the repast, had commented upon the silence that prevailed, now found it difficult, amid the general din of voices, to obtain a moment’s tranquillity in which to drink to the health and prosperity of the bride and bridegroom.
“With what?” inquired the elder Dantès.
I have had ten or twelve sailors under me, and if you question them, they will tell you that they love and respect me, not as a father, for I am too young, but as an elder brother.”
Now in the elders' seat
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