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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)

  1. 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
  2. (intransitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    blithen, happy

See all 6 meanings of delight

Origin of delighteth

From delight + -eth.

Questions about delighteth

What is delighteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Delighteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delight.

Words near delighteth in the dictionary

  1. delightedness
  2. delighter
  3. delighters
  4. delightes
  5. delightest
  6. delighteth
  7. delightful
  8. delightfuler
  9. delightfulest
  10. delightfull
  11. delightfuller

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