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# sitteth

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

«sitteth» 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

«sitteth» means «sits», a form of «sit»: To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sitteth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sitteth/#x1)
- In this chariot sitteth the lord over the kingdom of Benares, the great king Brahma-datta." (Indian Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sitteth/#x2)
- And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. (Torah LEV.15.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sitteth/#x3)

### Note

Today: sits.

## On Mova

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