sung

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/sʌŋ/

verb

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The August Prince's First Officer […] sung a song; although it was unaccompanied by dancing it was very delightful.
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Lulled by the Syren-song that my own heart sung to me, with eyes shut to all sight, and ears closed to all sound of danger, I drifted nearer and nearer to the fatal rocks.

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And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders, and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 14:3
Lulled by the Syren-song that my own heart sung to me, with eyes shut to all sight, and ears closed to all sound of danger, I drifted nearer and nearer to the fatal rocks.
1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
It was one of those serene and lovely mornings that sometimes succeed a storm. The birds sung loud and cheerily […]
1862, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley's Secret

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From Chinese 宋 (Sòng) Wade–Giles romanization: Sung⁴.