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# pleaseth

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

«pleaseth» 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

«pleaseth» means «pleases», a form of «please»: Please is the polite word you add when you ask for something: Can I have some water, please? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pleaseth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And Abimelech said: 'Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.' (Torah GEN.20.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/pleaseth/#x1)

### Note

Today: pleases.

## On Mova

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