footeth
footeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foot.
Meaning of foot
Verb
foot (third-person singular simple present foots, present participle footing, simple past and past participle footed)
- To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
- To pay (a bill).
- To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
- There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1 (Dramas 2, p.217)
- To walk.
- thieves do foot by nightc. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To set foot on; to walk on.
- […] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens
- To set on foot; to establish; to land.
- What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Origin of footeth
foot + -eth
Questions about footeth
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