wanteth

«wanteth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: wants — 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

wants

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

«wanteth» means «wants», a form of «want»: To want means to wish to have or do something. 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 wanteth» = «he wants».

examples

• but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. (Torah DEU.15.8, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -eth (stem «want», 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

• but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
• In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Trees and pragmatics

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