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Downsitting — Down sit ting, n. The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. [1913 Webster] Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising. Ps. cxxxix. 2. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Merism — In rhetoric, a merism is a figure of speech by which a single thing is referred to by a conventional phrase that enumerates several of its parts, or which lists several synonyms for the same thing. Merisms also figure in a number of familiar… … Wikipedia
Psalms 139 — 1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in … The King James version of the Bible
