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lovedeth

lovedeth is the alternative third-person singular past of love.

Meaning of love

Verb

love (third-person singular simple present loves, present participle loving, simple past and past participle loved)

  1. (intransitive, sometimes, stative, transitive, usually) To have a strong affection for (someone or something).
    • I love my spouse. I love you! I love that song!
    Synonyms:
    adore
  2. (transitive) To need, thrive on.
    • Mold loves moist, dark places.
  3. (transitive) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.
    • I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair
  4. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive, usually) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).
    • For God so loued þe world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:16
  5. (ironic, sometimes, transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.
    • I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte.
  6. (Internet) Synonym of heart (verb).
    • She loved my photos of the kids playing with the dogs.
    Synonyms:
    heart

See all 31 meanings of love

Forms of lovedeth

alternative formloved'th

Origin of lovedeth

Pseudo-loan from Middle English, derived from loved + -eth, an incorrect application of the archaic marker of the third-person singular present tense (-eth) to the past tense form of the verb to love.

Questions about lovedeth

What is lovedeth the alternative third-person singular past of?
Lovedeth is the alternative third-person singular past of love.

Words near lovedeth in the dictionary

  1. loved-up
  2. Lovedale
  3. loveday
  4. lovedays
  5. lovedest
  6. lovedeth
  7. lovedom
  8. lovedrug
  9. lovedrugs
  10. lovedst
  11. lovee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lovedeth (page history and authors); love (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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