pursueth

«pursueth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: pursues — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

pursues

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«pursueth» means «pursues», a form of «pursue»: To pursue means to chase or follow someone or something to catch them. 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 pursueth» = «he pursues».

examples

• And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. (Torah LEV.26.37, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I will set My face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies; they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. (Torah LEV.26.17, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «pursue», a verb of EWT); corpora 3 (Torah 3, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.3 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; the way with his feet he treadeth not.
• Stedfast righteousness tendeth to life; but he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
• Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
• He that pursueth words, they turn against him.
• The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are secure as a young lion.

Trees and pragmatics

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