consumeth

«consumeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: consumes — 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

consumes

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«consumeth» means «consumes», a form of «consume»: (formal) To eat or drink something. 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 consumeth» = «he consumes».

examples

• And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «consume», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
• For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

Trees and pragmatics

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