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drinketh

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

«drinketh» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

«drinketh» means «drinks», a form of «drink»: To drink is to take water, milk, juice or another liquid into your mouth and swallow it. tree →

Then and now

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

Examples

Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.' (Torah GEN.44.5, JPS 1917) tree →
but the land, whither ye go over to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water as the rain of heaven cometh down; (Torah DEU.11.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: drinks.

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