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# confirmeth

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

«confirmeth» 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

«confirmeth» means «confirms», a form of «confirm»: To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/confirmeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. (Torah DEU.27.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/confirmeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: confirms.

## On Mova

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