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Cleves

[ kleevz ]

/ klivz /

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a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.

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German Kleve.

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How to use Cleves in a sentence

Mr. Tyrold forbore to chagrin him with any strong expostulation, and he returned, therefore, to Cleves in full glee.
Camilla|Fanny Burney
Not a bosom of the Cleves party enjoyed much tranquillity this evening.
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Lionel again was the only one who spoke in the short route to Etherington, whence Eugenia, without alighting, returned to Cleves.
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She then asked Camilla if she had any message for Cleves, as one of her servants was going close to the park gate.
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Mrs. Arlbery accompanied Camilla the next day to Cleves, to ask permission of Mr. Tyrold for the excursion.
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