sheweth
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]shew + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix
Verb
[edit]sheweth
- (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of shew
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:21:
- The wicked borroweth, and payeth not againe: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giueth.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 19:1:
- The heauens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke.
- 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volumes (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
- […] and Mr Shepherd’s clerks were set to work, without there having been a single preliminary difference to modify of all that “This indenture sheweth.”