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# putteth

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

«putteth» 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

«putteth» means «puts», a form of «put»: To put is to move something to a place: put the cup on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/putteth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?' (Torah NUM.23.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/putteth/#x1)
- Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.' (Torah EXO.30.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/putteth/#x2)
- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.' (Torah NUM.22.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/putteth/#x3)

### Note

Today: puts.

## On Mova

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