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# turneth

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

«turneth» 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

«turneth» means «turns», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/turneth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Torah LEV.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/turneth/#x1)

### Note

Today: turns.

## On Mova

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