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painteth

painteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paint.

Meaning of paint

Verb

paint (third-person singular simple present paints, present participle painting, simple past and past participle painted)

  1. (transitive) To apply paint to.
    • I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
  2. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
  3. (transitive) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
  4. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
    • not painted with the crimson spots of bloodc. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  5. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
    • to paint a portrait or a landscape
  6. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
    • I've been painting since I was a young child.

See all 23 meanings of paint

Forms of painteth

alternative formpaints

Questions about painteth

What is painteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Painteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of paint.

Words near painteth in the dictionary

  1. painters
  2. paintership
  3. painterships
  4. paintery
  5. paintest
  6. painteth
  7. paintier
  8. paintiest
  9. paintin'
  10. paintiness
  11. painting

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