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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drink.

Etymologies

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drink +‎ -eth

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Examples

  • “The fire of the world eateth but drinketh not; the fire which eateth and drinketh is Hell-fire; the fire of the sun drinketh but eateth not, and the fire of the moon neither eateth nor drinketh.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Perhaps, however, we should draw attention to the words of CHRIST, "whosoever drinketh"; not drank -- once for all -- but "drinketh," that is habitually: as in chap.vii. 38, 39, where, after promising that out of him "shall flow rivers of living water," it is significally added, "this spake He of the

    Separation and Service or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. James Hudson Taylor 1868

  • John 6: 56: “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.”

    Think Progress » Franklin Graham affirms concerns of critics, appears on Fox to proselytize against Muslims. 2010

  • John 6: 56: “He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.”

    Think Progress » Franklin Graham affirms concerns of critics, appears on Fox to proselytize against Muslims. 2010

  • In the promotional materials he sent out to priests across the country, the message of the Eucharist—“Who so eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life”—seemed less central than the message of the market.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • In the promotional materials he sent out to priests across the country, the message of the Eucharist—“Who so eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life”—seemed less central than the message of the market.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • And he said this: ‘Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.’

    WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL GILBERT MORRIS 2010

  • And the Elizabethan math word problem is: A drunkard drinketh a barrel of beer in the space of 14 days, and when his wife drinks with him then they drink it out within ten days.

    Elizabethan Math Problems and Other Delights 2009

  • And the Elizabethan math word problem is: A drunkard drinketh a barrel of beer in the space of 14 days, and when his wife drinks with him then they drink it out within ten days.

    Elizabethan Math Problems and Other Delights 2009

  • And the Elizabethan math word problem is: A drunkard drinketh a barrel of beer in the space of 14 days, and when his wife drinks with him then they drink it out within ten days.

    September 2009 2009

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