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# fighteth

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

«fighteth» 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

«fighteth» means «fights», a form of «fight»: To fight is to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fighteth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- Ye shall not fear them; for the LORD your God, He it is that fighteth for you.' (Torah DEU.3.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fighteth/#x1)
- And He took off their chariot wheels, and made them to drive heavily; so that the Egyptians said: 'Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.' (Torah EXO.14.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/fighteth/#x2)

### Note

Today: fights.

## On Mova

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