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# doth

verb, form of do, third person

«doth» 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

Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "does."

### Examples

- And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? (Torah NUM.14.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#x1)
- Under me doth lie Another much richer than I. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#x2)
- The Third Path is the Sanctifying Intelligence, and is the basis of foundation of Primordial Wisdom, which is called the Former of faith, and its roots, Amen; and it is the parent of Faith, from which virtues doth Faith emanate. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#x3)

### Note

Today: does.

## On Mova

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