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

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • The filings of gold taken in meat or in drink or in medicine, preserve and let breeding of leperhood, or namely hideth it and maketh it unknown.

    Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902

  • Physiologus speaketh of the Panther and saith that he hateth the dragon, and the dragon fleeth him: and when he hath eat enough at full, he hideth him in his den, and sleepeth continually nigh three days, and riseth after three days and crieth, and out of his mouth cometh right good air and savour, and is passing measure sweet: and for the sweetness all beasts follow him.

    Their wonderful smell attracts all four-footed creatures, but the savagery of their heads frightens the creatures away 2008

  • When this Minister saw the King place the physician near him and give him all these gifts, he jaloused him and planned to do him a harm, as in the saying on such subject, “Envy lurks in every body;” and the say ing, “Oppression hideth in every heart: power revealeth it and weakness concealeth it.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • It is the will of our lord the Sultan that whoso happeneth on Nur al-Din Ali son of Al-Fazl bin Khákán, and bringeth him to the Sultan, shall receive a robe of honour and one thousand gold pieces; and he who hideth him or knoweth his abiding place and informeth not, deserveth whatsoever pains and penalties shall befal him.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Sharrkan looked at it and said, “Verily, I fear lest this be the Infidels who have routed the army of Al – Islam for that this dust walleth the world, east and west, and hideth the two horizons, north and south.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Physiologus speaketh of the Panther and saith that he hateth the dragon, and the dragon fleeth him: and when he hath eat enough at full, he hideth him in his den, and sleepeth continually nigh three days, and riseth after three days and crieth, and out of his mouth cometh right good air and savour, and is passing measure sweet: and for the sweetness all beasts follow him.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • The guest watched, but saw no sign in his host of praying through the night or of special devoutness and said in his mind, “Haply he hideth himself from me.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • There follow excellent parables; as that, she gathereth strength in going; that she goeth upon the ground, and yet hideth her head in the clouds; that in the daytime she sitteth in a watch tower, and flieth most by night; that she mingleth things done, with things not done; and that she is a terror to great cities.

    The Essays 2007

  • COLLINS: The tax man cometh, a New Hampshire couple hideth.

    CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2007 2007

  • Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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