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leereth

leereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leer.

Meaning of leer

Verb (1)

leer (third-person singular simple present leers, present participle leering, simple past and past participle leered)

  1. (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
    • And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon.1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86
    Synonyms:
    ogle
  2. (transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.
    • But Bertran has been taught the Arts of Court, / To guild a Face with Smiles; and leer a man to ruin.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 6

Verb (2)

leer (third-person singular simple present leers, present participle leering, simple past and past participle leered)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To teach.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To learn.

See all 22 meanings of leer

Origin of leereth

leer + -eth

Questions about leereth

What is leereth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leereth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leer.

Words near leereth in the dictionary

  1. leere
  2. leered
  3. leerer
  4. leerers
  5. leerest
  6. leereth
  7. leerfish
  8. leerfishes
  9. leerie
  10. leerier
  11. leeries

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