spreadeth

«spreadeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: spreads — 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

spreads

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«spreadeth» means «spreads», a form of «spread»: To open or stretch out something: "spread your arms". 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 spreadeth» = «he spreads».

examples

• As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «spread», 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

• Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away.
• A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
• He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.
• Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.
• Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister, He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning;

Trees and pragmatics

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