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# wanteth

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

«wanteth» 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

«wanteth» means «wants», a form of «want»: To want means to wish to have or do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wanteth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. (Torah DEU.15.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wanteth/#x1)

### Note

Today: wants.

## On Mova

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