foxe

Speech parts

1. foxe - Noun

2. Foxe - Proper noun

Meaning

foxe (plural foxes)

Obsolete spelling of fox

Foxe

A surname.

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Examples

According to John Foxe 's legendary account of his death, his last words were: "I am faint; Lord have mercy upon me, and take my spirit". Source: Internet

Bishop Edward Foxe tabled proposals in Convocation, with strong backing from Cromwell and Cranmer, which the King later endorsed as the Ten Articles and which were printed in August 1536. Source: Internet

By 1613, English-speaking Protestants began to use the word when they wished to imply that an event (especially the story of any saint not acknowledged in John Foxe 's Actes and Monuments ) was fictitious. Source: Internet

Foxe downplays Chaucer's bawdy and amorous writing, insisting that it all testifies to his piety. Source: Internet

Material that is troubling is deemed metaphoric, while the more forthright satire (which Foxe prefers) is taken literally. Source: Internet

John Foxe in his Actes and Monuments singled this out as "shameful railing". Source: Internet

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