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title: S — The Early Modern English dictionary with trees and pragmatics
description: The 70 words of the Early Modern English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# S — The Early Modern English dictionary

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The words of the Early Modern English dictionary under S: 70 words, every meaning and example parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics.

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- [saidst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/saidst/) — «saidst» means «you said», a form of «say»: To say is to speak words: «Say hello.». — 4 sentences
- [saith](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/saith/) — He says or declares; the speaker is telling you what someone says. — 4 sentences
- [sate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sate/) — To have sat down or been seated, in the past. — 4 sentences
- [save](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/save/) — Except; apart from. ("None save the LORD" means "no one except the LORD."). — 5 sentences
- [sawest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sawest/) — «sawest» means «you saw», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes. — 3 sentences
- [sayst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sayst/) — «sayst» means «you say», a form of «say»: To say is to speak words: «Say hello.». — 2 sentences
- [scullery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/scullery/) — A small room behind the kitchen where dishes and pots are washed and rough work is done. — 4 sentences
- [seed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seed/) — The children and later family of a person, the people who come after them. — 4 sentences
- [seekest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seekest/) — «seekest» means «you seek», a form of «seek». — 5 sentences
- [seemeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seemeth/) — «seemeth» means «seems», a form of «seem»: To seem means to look or appear to be something, from what you can see or know: «She seems happ… — 2 sentences
- [seeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seeth/) — «seeth» means «sees», a form of «see»: To see is to notice something with your eyes. — 5 sentences
- [seethe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/seethe/) — To cook something by boiling it in liquid. — 4 sentences
- [selfsame](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/selfsame/) — Exactly the same, the very same one. — 4 sentences
- [selleth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/selleth/) — «selleth» means «sells», a form of «sell». — 3 sentences
- [sendest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sendest/) — «sendest» means «you send», a form of «send». — 3 sentences
- [sendeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sendeth/) — «sendeth» means «sends», a form of «send». — 3 sentences
- [sentest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sentest/) — «sentest» means «you sent», a form of «send». — 3 sentences
- [serpent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/serpent/) — A snake, especially a large one. — 4 sentences
- [setteth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/setteth/) — «setteth» means «sets», a form of «set». — 5 sentences
- [shalt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shalt/) — You will, or you must (used as a command or promise). — 4 sentences
- [shapen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shapen/) — Formed or made into a particular shape. — 1 sentences
- [sheddeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sheddeth/) — «sheddeth» means «sheds», a form of «shed». — 3 sentences
- [shew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shew/) — To let someone see something, or to make something plain. — 3 sentences
- [shewed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shewed/) — Let someone see something, or made something plain, in the past. — 5 sentences
- [shoon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shoon/) — Shoes, footwear for the feet. — 3 sentences
- [shouldest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shouldest/) — You should or ought to; you would be expected to. — 4 sentences
- [shouldst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shouldst/) — You should or ought to; you would be expected to. — 4 sentences
- [showeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/showeth/) — «showeth» means «shows», a form of «show». — 4 sentences
- [silly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/silly/) — Foolish or ridiculous in a way that is funny or a bit daft. — 4 sentences
- [sing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sing/) — To make music with your voice; in the Torah, to sing a song of praise to someone. — 4 sentences
- [sittest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sittest/) — «sittest» means «you sit», a form of «sit». — 5 sentences
- [sitteth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sitteth/) — «sitteth» means «sits», a form of «sit». — 5 sentences
- [sleepest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sleepest/) — «sleepest» means «you sleep», a form of «sleep». — 3 sentences
- [slew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/slew/) — Killed, put to death, in the past. — 4 sentences
- [smellest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smellest/) — «smellest» means «you smell», a form of «smell». — 3 sentences
- [smite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/) — To hit hard, or to strike down and destroy. — 4 sentences
- [smitten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smitten/) — Hit hard or struck down. — 4 sentences
- [smote](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smote/) — Hit hard or struck down, in the past. — 4 sentences
- [sod](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sod/) — Boiled, cooked in boiling liquid, in the past. — 4 sentences
- [sodden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sodden/) — Boiled, cooked in boiling water. — 4 sentences
- [sojourn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sojourn/) — To live for a time in a land that is not your own, as a stranger or visitor. — 4 sentences
- [sooth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sooth/) — Truth; in the phrases "in good sooth" and "for sooth" it means truly or indeed. — 4 sentences
- [sore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sore/) — Severe or very great, as in a very bad famine. — 4 sentences
- [soul](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/soul/) — The whole living person or creature; the self. — 4 sentences
- [soundeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/soundeth/) — «soundeth» means «sounds», a form of «sound»: Anything you can hear. — 3 sentences
- [sowest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sowest/) — «sowest» means «you sow», a form of «sow»: (verb, rhymes with go) To plant seeds in the ground. — 2 sentences
- [spake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spake/) — Said words aloud, in the past. — 4 sentences
- [speakest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/) — «speakest» means «you speak», a form of «speak»: To say words out loud; to talk. — 4 sentences
- [speaketh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speaketh/) — «speaketh» means «speaks», a form of «speak»: To say words out loud; to talk. — 5 sentences
- [spoil](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spoil/) — Goods taken from people or towns that were defeated, such as loot after a battle. — 4 sentences
- [spreadeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spreadeth/) — «spreadeth» means «spreads», a form of «spread»: To open or stretch out something. — 3 sentences
- [standest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/standest/) — «standest» means «you stand», a form of «stand». — 4 sentences
- [standeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/standeth/) — «standeth» means «stands», a form of «stand». — 5 sentences
- [statute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/statute/) — A law or rule that is written down and fixed, here one given by God. — 4 sentences
- [stead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stead/) — The place or position of someone else; in someone's stead means in their place. — 4 sentences
- [stealeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stealeth/) — «stealeth» means «steals», a form of «steal». — 3 sentences
- [steed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/steed/) — A horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides. — 5 sentences
- [still](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/still/) — Continually or always, going on without stopping. — 4 sentences
- [stirreth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stirreth/) — «stirreth» means «stirs», a form of «stir». — 3 sentences
- [stoodest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stoodest/) — «stoodest» means «you stood», a form of «stand». — 3 sentences
- [straitly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/straitly/) — Strictly, firmly, or solemnly, so that something must be done. — 2 sentences
- [stranger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stranger/) — A person who is not from the land and lives among its people without being one of their family or nation. — 4 sentences
- [stretchedst](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stretchedst/) — «stretchedst» means «you stretched», a form of «stretch». — 3 sentences
- [stricken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stricken/) — Affected or weighed down by age or grief; in "well stricken in age" it means far advanced in years. — 4 sentences
- [stumblest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stumblest/) — «stumblest» means «you stumble», a form of «stumble». — 4 sentences
- [subtle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/subtle/) — Clever in a sly, tricky way, able to fool others without them noticing. — 4 sentences
- [suffer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/suffer/) — To let something happen or to permit it. — 4 sentences
- [suffice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/suffice/) — To be enough for a purpose. — 4 sentences
- [sweareth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/sweareth/) — «sweareth» means «swears», a form of «swear». — 3 sentences
- [swine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/swine/) — Animals of the pig family. — 4 sentences

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