Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The third person singular indicative present of do.

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  • of do.

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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of do; does

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Examples

  • III. iii.166 (437,9) the green-ey'd monster, which doth make/The meat it feeds on] _which doth_ mock _The meat it feeds on_.]

    Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

  • That this title doth belong to God, and that the Divine nature is perfectly blessed and happy.

    The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 06. 1630-1694 1820

  • Hereon the apostle proceeds, in verse third, to declare the condition whereon our profiting, growing, and thriving by the word doth depend; and this is an experience of its power, as it is the instrument of God whereby he conveys his grace unto us: "If so be that ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious."

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • Only this I would recommend to you, that before interest had guided men in what they had to do, all the translations that were extant in English did read this text, "And ordained them elders by election," as the word doth signify: so you will find it in your old translations.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • So that you have an account of what are those causes whereon God in his word doth pronounce cities and nations to be ruined and destroyed, even then when they stand in their fullest security, in their own opinion.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • Now, though this calling doth also imply effectual internal vocation, whereby the heart and nature is really sanctified; yet it also includes an external separation and dedication unto God.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • Christ his pattern, which it is his duty to express in his own; and he who takes up Christianity on any other terms doth woefully deceive his own soul.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • And by "prayer" they mean that which the most eminent and only proper signification of the word doth denote, namely, that which is vocal.

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • That which is suited to the carrying on of men in the state and condition whereunto they are called, according to the mind of God, as also to prevail with them to whom the word doth come to enter into the state of obedience and walking with God; and this is usually branched into three general heads, of promises, exhortations, and threatenings.

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

  • By the way, this call doth not necessarily suppose a saving answer given unto it by the called, no whit more than the calling mentioned,

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966

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  • A third person singular present tense of do

    January 9, 2007

  • I hate this word.

    March 26, 2007

  • Not a bad word, except when people rhyme it with moth. It does look ugly, though.

    March 26, 2007

  • So how is it pronounced then?

    April 8, 2009

  • Like does with a lithp. Duth.

    April 8, 2009

  • thanks!

    April 8, 2009

  • You're really plessora, aren't you?

    April 8, 2009

  • Ohhhh, buthted!

    April 8, 2009