sitteth

English

Etymology

sit +‎ -eth

Verb

sitteth

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of sit
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 17:15:

     And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, section XI:

     A perfect reason in the central brain,
     Which has no power, but sitteth wan and cold,
     [...] and trieth vainly
     To cheat itself refusing to behold.

Anagrams

• hit test, hittest, tettish