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oweth

oweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of owe.

Meaning of owe

Verb

owe (third-person singular simple present owes, present participle owing, simple past owed or (archaic) ought, past participle owed or (archaic) ought or (archaic) own)

  1. (ditransitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
    • We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.
  2. (intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.
  3. (transitive) To have as a cause; used with to.
    • The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.

Origin of oweth

From owe + -eth.

Questions about oweth

What is oweth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Oweth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of owe.

Words near oweth in the dictionary

  1. owers
  2. owes
  3. owes it to oneself
  4. owes out
  5. owest
  6. oweth
  7. OWF
  8. OWFs
  9. OWI
  10. owie
  11. owies

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