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lacketh

lacketh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lack.

Meaning of lack

Verb

lack (third-person singular simple present lacks, present participle lacking, simple past and past participle lacked)

  1. (stative, transitive) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
    • My life lacks excitement.
  2. (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
    • He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.
    • The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 34:10
  4. (obsolete) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
    • That is Mede þe Mayde quod she · hath noyed me ful oft / And ylakked my lemman.c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC
  5. (African-American Vernacular) To be off one's guard.
    • His opps caught him lacking.

See all 7 meanings of lack

Origin of lacketh

From lack + -eth.

Questions about lacketh

What is lacketh the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lacketh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lack.

Words near lacketh in the dictionary

  1. lackered
  2. lackering
  3. lackers
  4. lackes
  5. lackest
  6. lacketh
  7. lackey
  8. lackey moth
  9. lackey moths
  10. lackeydom
  11. lackeyed

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