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# meeteth

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

«meeteth» 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

«meeteth» means «meets», a form of «meet»: To meet is to come together with someone at the same place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/meeteth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. (Torah NUM.35.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/meeteth/#x1)
- And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? (Torah GEN.32.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/meeteth/#x2)
- or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death: he is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meeteth him. (Torah NUM.35.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/meeteth/#x3)

### Note

Today: meets.

## On Mova

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