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# writeth

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

«writeth» 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

«writeth» means «writes», a form of «write»: To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/writeth/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; (Torah DEU.24.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/writeth/#x1)

### Note

Today: writes.

## On Mova

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