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# meaneth

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

«meaneth» 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

«meaneth» means «means», a form of «mean»: To mean is to have a sense: What does this word mean? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/meaneth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- even all the nations shall say 'Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?' (Torah DEU.29.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/meaneth/#x1)

### Note

Today: means.

## On Mova

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