fleet (v.) Old form(s): fleete
[of souls] leave, pass away, fly off
Cym V.iii.25[Posthumus to Lord, reporting the youths' call to arms] To darkness fleet souls that fly backwards [i.e. they go to hell]
KJ II.i.285[King John to all] God forgive the sin of all those souls / That ... shall fleet
MV IV.i.135[Gratiano to Shylock, of a wolf] Even from the gallows did his fell soul fleet, / And ... / Infused itself in thee
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