dresseth

«dresseth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: dresses — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

dresses

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«dresseth» means «dresses», a form of «dress»: A piece of clothing that covers the body from the shoulders down to the legs, in one piece, often worn by girls and women. 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 dresseth» = «he dresses».

examples

• And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices; every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. (Torah EXO.30.7, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «dress», 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

• And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices; every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.

Trees and pragmatics

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