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# consumeth

«consumeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **consumes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

consumes

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«consumeth» means «consumes», a form of «consume»: (formal) To eat or drink something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/consumeth/#m1)

### how it differs from today

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

### examples

- And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/consumeth/#x1)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «consume», a verb of EWT); corpora 1 (Torah 1, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.1 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.340/)
- [For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.791/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consumeth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/consumeth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.