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# moveth

«moveth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **moves** — 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

moves

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«moveth» means «moves», a form of «move»: To move is to go from one place to another, or to change position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/moveth/#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 moveth» = «he moves».

### examples

- every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark. (Torah GEN.8.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/moveth/#x1)
- “Rejoice in thy growth!” said the Sunbeams. “Rejoice in thy vigorous growth, and in the fresh life that moveth within thee!” (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/moveth/#x2)
- This is the law of the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that swarmeth upon the earth; (Torah LEV.11.46, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/moveth/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «move», a verb of EWT); corpora 4 (Torah 3, tales 1, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1162/)
- [The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1429/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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