returneth
Comes again hence
Returneth is an archaic form of returns, using the third-person singular ending -eth that was common in Early Modern English.
It survives mainly in biblical and liturgical contexts: The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Sometimes used for mock-archaic or humorous effect.
Archaic form of arrives
- goethArchaic form of goes
- hathArchaic possessive verb
- dothArchaic third-person singular
- sayethArchaic third-person speaks
maketh · giveth · taketh · speaketh · knoweth · bringeth · seeketh · findeth
cometh
Archaic form of arrives
sayeth · maketh · giveth · taketh · speaketh · knoweth · bringeth · seeketh · findeth · heareth
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- folioSingle-fold page format
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
verse · iambic · pentameter · bard · tragedy · comedy · Marlowe · Chaucer · Spenser · quarto
scripture
Sacred religious writings
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