Doth
[dʌθ] or [dəθ]
Definition
(3d pers. sing. pres.) of Do.
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Definition
3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of Do.
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Examples
- What they done, is laid up wheer neither moth or rust doth corrupt, and wheer thieves do not break through nor steal. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- What doth your friend thay? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Howbeit, Twemlow doth at length invest himself with collar and cravat and wristbands to his knuckles, and goeth forth to breakfast. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thethilia,' said Mr. Sleary, who had brandy and water at hand, 'it doth me good to thee you. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He will--he doth, most Reverend Father, said Malvoisin, slipping the glove under his own mantle. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And be it so, said Cedric; and let him tear me with beak and talons, ere my tongue say one word which my heart doth not warrant. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Lastly, that were it not for these _diverticula_, it would rage in the bowels of the earth much more furiously, and make greater havoc than it doth. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Therefore his people return, and the waters of a full cup are wrung out to them, and they say, How doth God know? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His brother sits in the seat, and usurps the patrimony, of a better race, the race of Ulfgar of Middleham; but what Norman lord doth not the same? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The year is gone, we still unite To joke and laugh and read, And tread the path of literature That doth to glory lead. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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