refuseth
kind
archaic form
modern equivalent
refuses
part of speech
verb, old form of «refuses» (he, she, it)
meaning for a pupil
«refuseth» means «refuses», a form of «refuse»: To refuse means to say no, or to not do something you are asked to do. 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 refuseth» = «he refuses».
examples
- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go. (Torah EXO.7.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said: 'Balaam refuseth to come with us.' (Torah NUM.22.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak: 'Get you into your land; for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.' (Torah NUM.22.13, JPS 1917) tree →
tests
ending -eth (stem «refuse», 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
- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.
- Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed?
- Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
- He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; but he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
- My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «refuseth» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.