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Englisheth

Englisheth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of English.

Meaning of English

Verb

English (third-person singular simple present Englishes, present participle Englishing, simple past and past participle Englished)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To translate, adapt or render into English.
    • […] when a man expresses in Latin a Thing to be taken by Wrong, and englishes it; […] but if he declares on a Latin Word, which has no perfect Signification, nor so elegant as it might be; yet upon his Englishing of it whereby the Plaintiff's Meaning appears to the Court, the Plaintiff shall...1735, William Wylde, “Chanel v. Robotham (1605)”, in The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton, Knight and Baronet, translation of original in French, page 68
  2. (archaic, rare, transitive) To make English; to claim for England.
    • While the man Clive—he fought Plassy, spoiled the clever foreign game,
      Conquered and annexed and Englished!1880, Robert Browning, “Clive”, in Dramatic Idylls: Second Series, page 12, lines 7–8

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Origin of Englisheth

English + -eth

Questions about Englisheth

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Englisheth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of English.

Words near Englisheth in the dictionary

  1. englished
  2. Englisher
  3. Englishers
  4. englishes
  5. Englishest
  6. Englisheth
  7. Englishhood
  8. Englishification
  9. Englishified
  10. Englishifies
  11. Englishify

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