breedeth

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

breed +‎ -eth

Verb[edit]

breedeth

  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of breed
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.
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