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ranketh

ranketh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rank.

Meaning of rank

Verb

rank (third-person singular simple present ranks, present participle ranking, simple past and past participle ranked)

  1. (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
    • She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], verso
  2. (intransitive) To have a ranking.
    • Their defense ranked third in the league.
  3. (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
    • Ranking all things under general and special heads.1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […]...
    Synonyms:
    place
  4. (US, transitive) To take the rank of; to outrank.

See all 28 meanings of rank

Origin of ranketh

rank + -eth

Questions about ranketh

What is ranketh the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ranketh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rank.

Words near ranketh in the dictionary

  1. ranker
  2. rankers
  3. rankes
  4. rankest
  5. ranket
  6. ranketh
  7. rankets
  8. rankett
  9. ranketts
  10. Rankin
  11. Rankin County

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