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

Etymologies

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From follow +‎ -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix

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Examples

  • & heard the allegations of the opposite Partys therto upon Con - sideration of all Circomstances have set the bounds of the said severall precincts as followeth that is to say That the bounds of the North Precinct (according to their Petition) shall begen at the

    Acts and resolves passed by the General Court 1663

  • And the rest that followeth, meaning her Maiesties person, which we would seeme to hide leauing her name vnspoken to the intent the reader should gesse at it: neuerthelesse vpon the matter did so manifestly disclose it, as any simple iudgement might easily perceiue by whom it was ment, that is by Lady _Elizabeth, Queene of England and daughter to king Henry the eight_, and therein resteth the dissimulation.

    The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

  • And the rest that followeth, meaning her Maiesties person, which we would seeme to hide leauing her name vnspoken, to the intent the reader should gesse at it: neuerthelesse vpon the matter did so manifestly disclose it, as any simple iudgement might easily perceiue by whom it was ment, that is by Lady Elizabeth, Queene of England and daughter to king Henry the eight, and therein resteth the dissimulation.

    The Arte of English Poesie 1569

  • a day, and used bread and pottage, such as followeth except, the Sundays,

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • Aylmer also related a story that around this time, Princess Mary presented Jane Grey with an ornate gown that the Protestant Grey rejected claiming it would be morally wrong to accept such a gift and desert the example of "my lady Elizabeth, which followeth God's word."

    From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

  • For we are grown old and crabby, and here followeth the evidence.

    Cor! And other stories… Alix Mortimer 2009

  • "Then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life"

    Rudy Invokes 9/11 To Deflect Questions About Iowa Loss 2009

  • For we are grown old and crabby, and here followeth the evidence.

    What’s with da Yoof? Alix Mortimer 2009

  • The Peace be on him who followeth in the way of righteousness and who feareth the issues of frowardness who obeyeth the Almighty King and followeth the Faith saving and preferreth the next world to any present thing!

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Then he gave him the letter and Ala al-Din opening it found written what followeth: 74

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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