groweth

«groweth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: grows — 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

grows

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«groweth» means «grows», a form of «grow»: To grow is to get bigger or taller, like a child or a plant. 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 groweth» = «he grows».

examples

• A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines. (Torah LEV.25.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. (Torah LEV.25.5, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «grow», a verb of EWT); corpora 4 (Torah 4, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

Trees and pragmatics

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