KJV Dictionary - pair
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PAIR
PAIR, n. L. par; Heb. to join, couple or associate.
1. Two things of a kind, similar in form, applied to the same purpose,and suited to each other or used together; as a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes; a pair of oxen or horses.
2. Two of a sort; a couple; a brace; as a pair of nerves; a pair of doves. Luke 2.
PAIR, v.i. To be joined in pairs; to couple, as, birds pair in summer.
1. To suit; to fit; as a counterpart.
Ethelinda,
My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
PAIR, v.t. To unite in couples; as minds paired in heaven.
1. To unite as correspondent, or rather to contrast.
Glossy jet is paired with shining white.
PAIR, v.t. To impair. See Impair.
Definition from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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