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# riseth

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

«riseth» 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

«riseth» means «rises», a form of «rise»: To rise is to go up, move upward: «Smoke rises». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/riseth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter. (Torah DEU.22.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/riseth/#x1)
- Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, and as a lion doth he lift himself up; he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. (Torah NUM.23.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/riseth/#x2)

### Note

Today: rises.

## On Mova

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