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English Dictionary: seethe by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seethe
v
  1. be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"
    Synonym(s): hum, buzz, seethe
  2. be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger"
    Synonym(s): seethe, boil
  3. foam as if boiling; "a seething liquid"
  4. boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
    Synonym(s): seethe, roll
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seethe \Seethe\, v. t. [imp. {Seethed}({Sod}, obs.); p. p.
      {Seethed}, {Sodden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seething}.] [OE.
      sethen, AS. se[a2][?]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.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Seethe
      to boil (Ex. 16:23).
     
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