committeth

«committeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: commits — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

commits

part of speech

verb, old form of «commits» (he, she, it)

meaning for a pupil

«committeth» means «commits», a form of «commit»: To commit a crime or a wrong act is to do it: «commit a crime», «commit a sin». tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he committeth» = «he commits».

examples

• And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. (Torah LEV.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «commit», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 2, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 4.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
• He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «committeth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.