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# followeth

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

«followeth» 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

«followeth» means «follows», a form of «follow»: To follow is to go or come after someone or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/followeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. (Torah GEN.41.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/F/followeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: follows.

## On Mova

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