sitteth

English

Etymology

From sit +‎ -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix

Verb

sitteth

1. (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.

Anagrams

• hit test, hittest