delighteth
delighteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delight.
Meaning of delight
Verb
delight (third-person singular simple present delights, present participle delighting, simple past and past participle delighted)
- To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.1842, Tennyson, Le Morte d’Arthur
- To have or take great pleasure.
- A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,
Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde;
That, if I wiſt not to be controlde,
Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
- A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde,
Origin of delighteth
From delight + -eth.
Questions about delighteth
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