droppeth
Cometh down softly
Droppeth is an archaic third-person singular form of drop, using the -eth ending common in Early Modern English.
It appears primarily in biblical and liturgical contexts: The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
The form survives mainly through quotation of older texts.
descent
Old English for drops
- plummetRapid downward descent
- descendMove to lower position
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- trickleThin, slow stream
shower · rain · dew · bestow · pour · settle · alight · sink
falleth
Old English for drops
trickle · shower · rain · dew · bestow · pour · settle · alight · sink · lower
falleth
Old English for drops
sayeth · giveth · taketh · maketh · hath · doth · thou · thee · thy · thine
Portia
Latin-derived feminine name
blessing · blesseth · mightiest · sceptre · attribute · majesty · dread · kings · divine · justice
- dropped offDelivered or dozed
- dropped outLeft before completing
- dropped deadDied suddenly, without warning
- dropped the ballFailed at crucial moment
- dropped byVisited casually, briefly
- dropped inArrived without prior arrangement