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# trieth

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

«trieth» 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

«trieth» means «tries», a form of «try»: To make an effort to do something: "Try to finish." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trieth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Proba- tion, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator trieth all righteous persons. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trieth/#x1)
- The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator (blessed be He) trieth all righteous persons. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/trieth/#x2)

### Note

Today: tries.

## On Mova

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