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righteth

righteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of right.

Meaning of right

Verb

right (third-person singular simple present rights, present participle righting, simple past and past participle righted)

  1. (transitive) To correct.
    • Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
  2. (transitive) To set upright.
    • The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
  3. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
    • When the wind died down, the ship righted.
  4. (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
    • to right the oppressed

See all 41 meanings of right

Origin of righteth

right + -eth

Questions about righteth

What is righteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Righteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of right.

Words near righteth in the dictionary

  1. righter
  2. righter than rain
  3. rightern
  4. righters
  5. rightest
  6. righteth
  7. righteye flounder
  8. righteye flounders
  9. rightful
  10. rightfully
  11. rightfulness

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