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# loveth

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

«loveth» 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

«loveth» means «loves», a form of «love»: To care very deeply about someone, like family or close friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/loveth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. (Torah DEU.10.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/loveth/#x1)
- Yea, He loveth the peoples, all His holy ones — they are in Thy hand; and they sit down at Thy feet, receiving of Thy words. (Torah DEU.33.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/loveth/#x2)
- And it shall be, if he say unto thee: 'I will not go out from thee'; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he fareth well with thee; (Torah DEU.15.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/loveth/#x3)

### Note

Today: loves.

## On Mova

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