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# loseth

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

«loseth» 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

«loseth» means «loses», a form of «lose»: To lose is to no longer have something, often by mistake: lose a glove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/loseth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good; if it be a hireling, he loseth his hire. (Torah EXO.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/loseth/#x1)

### Note

Today: loses.

## On Mova

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