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# spreadeth

«spreadeth» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **spreads** — 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

spreads

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

«spreadeth» means «spreads», a form of «spread»: To open or stretch out something: "spread your arms". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spreadeth/#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 spreadeth» = «he spreads».

### examples

- As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/spreadeth/#x1)

### tests

ending -eth (stem «spread», 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

- [Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven; the canker-worm spreadeth itself, and flieth away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/NAM.49/)
- [A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.837/)
- [He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.664/)
- [Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.970/)
- [Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister, He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.984/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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