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seepeth

seepeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seep.

Meaning of seep

Verb

seep (third-person singular simple present seeps, present participle seeping, simple past and past participle seeped)

  1. (intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc.
    • Water has seeped through the roof.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To enter or penetrate slowly; to spread or diffuse.
    • Woe seeped through her heart thinking of what had befallen their ethnic group.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To diminish or wane away slowly.
    • The resistance movement against the invaders had slowly seeped away.
  4. (transitive) (of a crack etc.) To allow a liquid to pass through, to leak.
    • The crack is seeping water.
  5. (Scotland) To soak.
    • wi' the weet / We're seepit to the skin1844, James Lemon, editor, Lays of St. Mungo; Or, The Minstrelsy of the West [quoted in the EDD]

See all 9 meanings of seep

Origin of seepeth

seep + -eth

Questions about seepeth

What is seepeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Seepeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seep.

Words near seepeth in the dictionary

  1. seepage
  2. seepages
  3. seeped
  4. seeper
  5. seepers
  6. seepeth
  7. seepier
  8. seepiest
  9. seepiness
  10. seeping
  11. seepingly

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