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English
Etymology
sit + -eth
Verb
sitteth
- (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.
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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