sheweth

English

Alternative forms

• showeth

Etymology

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

Verb

sheweth

1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of shew
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 37:21:

     The wicked borroweth, and payeth not againe: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giueth.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 19:1:

     The heauens declare the glory of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke.

   • 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volumes (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:

     […] and Mr Shepherd’s clerks were set to work, without there having been a single preliminary difference to modify of all that “This indenture sheweth.”

Anagrams

• wheesht