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# faileth

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

«faileth» 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

«faileth» means «fails», a form of «fail»: To fail means not to do what you tried or wanted to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/faileth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Note

Today: fails.

## On Mova

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