claimeth

States as true

Claimeth is an archaic third-person singular form of claim, using the -eth ending common in Early Modern English.

It appears in the King James Bible and similar texts: He claimeth the throne by right of birth.

Modern readers encounter it mainly in historical or deliberately archaized writing.

assertion

declareth

Announces formally, archaic

Opposites
assertion/denial

claimethdenies

Declares something untrue

disclaims · renounces · yieldeth · disavows · relinquishes

ownership/possession

claimethforsaketh

Archaic verb: deserts completely

yieldeth · surrenders · relinquishes · forsakes

linguistic register/era

claimethclaims

Statements of truth

asserts · states · declares · says · maintains

Family

claimed, claimer, unclaimed, disclaimed, disclaimer, disclaimers, reclaimed, exclaimed, proclaimed

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