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# cheweth

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

«cheweth» 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

«cheweth» means «chews», a form of «chew»: To chew is to break up food in your mouth with your teeth before you swallow it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/cheweth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/cheweth/#x1)
- And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. (Torah LEV.11.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/cheweth/#x2)
- Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. (Torah LEV.11.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/cheweth/#x3)

### Note

Today: chews.

## On Mova

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