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# letteth

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

«letteth» 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

«letteth» means «lets», a form of «let»: To allow someone to do something: "Mum let me stay up." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/letteth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. (Torah LEV.16.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/letteth/#x1)

### Note

Today: lets.

## On Mova

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