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# refuseth

«refuseth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **refuses** — 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

refuses

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«refuseth» means «refuses», a form of «refuse»: To refuse means to say no, or to not do something you are asked to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/refuseth/#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 refuseth» = «he refuses».

### examples

- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go. (Torah EXO.7.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/refuseth/#x1)
- And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said: 'Balaam refuseth to come with us.' (Torah NUM.22.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/refuseth/#x2)
- And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak: 'Get you into your land; for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.' (Torah NUM.22.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/refuseth/#x3)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «refuse», a verb of EWT); corpora 4 (Torah 4, tales 0, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 9.3); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.191/)
- [Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, so that it refuseth to be healed?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.452/)
- [Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.367/)
- [He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; but he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.442/)
- [My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.124/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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