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# useth

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

«useth» 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

«useth» means «uses», a form of «use»: To use something is to do something with it for a job or purpose: use a pencil to write. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/U/useth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/U/useth/#x1)

### Note

Today: uses.

## On Mova

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