moveth

«moveth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: moves — 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

moves

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«moveth» means «moves», a form of «move»: To move is to go from one place to another, or to change position. 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 moveth» = «he moves».

examples

• every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark. (Torah GEN.8.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• “Rejoice in thy growth!” said the Sunbeams. “Rejoice in thy vigorous growth, and in the fresh life that moveth within thee!” (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
• This is the law of the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that swarmeth upon the earth; (Torah LEV.11.46, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «move», a verb of EWT); corpora 4 (Torah 3, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
• The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.

Trees and pragmatics

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