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# doth

«doth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **does** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

does

### part of speech

verb, form of do, third person

### meaning for a pupil

Does something, with "he" or "she" or "it" as the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#m1)

### how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say "does."

### examples

- And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? (Torah NUM.14.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#x1)
- Under me doth lie Another much richer than I. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#x2)
- The Third Path is the Sanctifying Intelligence, and is the basis of foundation of Primordial Wisdom, which is called the Former of faith, and its roots, Amen; and it is the parent of Faith, from which virtues doth Faith emanate. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/doth/#x3)

### tests

manual 5; corpora 43 (Torah 29, tales 12, Sefer Yetzirah 2); EWT 0; ratio 4.9 (Torah alone 67.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And wherefore doth the LORD bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.524/)
- [He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.314/)
- [Gilead abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why doth he sojourn by the ships?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.139/)
- [Then said Jonathan unto David: 'What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.579/)
- [For Thou art my lamp, O LORD; and the LORD doth lighten my darkness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.688/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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