DROPS, G.
1. To pour or let fall in small portions or globules, as a fluid to distill.
The heavens shall drop down dew. Deuteronomy 33 .
2. To let fall as any substance as, to drop the anchor to drop a stone.
3. To let go to dismiss to lay aside to quit to leave to permit to subside as, to drop an affair to drop a controversy to drop a pursuit.
4. To utter slightly, briefly or casually as, to drop a word in favor of a friend.
5. To insert indirectly, incidentally, or by way of digression as, to drop a word of instruction in a letter
6. To lay aside to dismiss from possession as, to drop these frail bodies.
7. To leave as, to drop a letter at the post office.
8. To set down and leave as, the coach dropped a passenger at the inn.
9. To quit to suffer to cease as, to drop an acquaintance.
10. To let go to dismiss from association as, to drop a companion.
11. To suffer to end or come to nothing as, to drop a fashion.
12. To bedrop to speckle to variegate, as if by sprinkling with drops as a coat dropped with gold.
13. To lower as, to drop the muzzle of a gun.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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