sitteth

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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.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 165:
      "My mother she sitteth the hill within,
      And gold in the chest doth lay;
      And I stole out for a little while,
      Upon my gold harp to play."
    • 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.

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