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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)

  1. (transitive) To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
  2. (transitive) To pay (a bill).
  3. 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)
  4. 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]...
  5. (archaic) To set foot on; to walk on.
    • […] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green1722, Thomas Tickell, Kensington Gardens
  6. (obsolete) 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...

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Origin of footeth

foot + -eth

Questions about footeth

What is footeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Footeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foot.

Words near footeth in the dictionary

  1. footer
  2. footered
  3. footering
  4. footers
  5. footest
  6. footeth
  7. footfag
  8. footfall
  9. footfalls
  10. footfarer
  11. footfarers

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