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# awaiteth

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

«awaiteth» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«awaiteth» means «awaits», a form of «await»: (formal) To await is to wait for something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/awaiteth/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -eth was the ending for he, she and it, where today we say -s: «he awaiteth» = «he awaits».

### Examples

- But an hour had scarcely passed, when the knight stood before the captive pasha, and inquired, "What do you suppose awaiteth thee?" (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/awaiteth/#x1)

### Note

Today: awaits.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «awaiteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/awaiteth/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«awaiteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/awaiteth.html) on Mova free.