sitteth
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From sit + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix
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sitteth
- (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sit.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 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, 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.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Revelation 17:15