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sentenceth

sentenceth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sentence.

Meaning of sentence

Verb

sentence (third-person singular simple present sentences, present participle sentencing, simple past and past participle sentenced)

  1. (transitive) To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
    • The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.
  2. (especially, poetic) To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.
    • “We are empowered to deliver thee to prison; yea, the law commands us to sentence death upon the abettors of this mischief.[…]"1874, Ella Taylor Disosway, South Meadows: A Tale of Long Ago, page 235
  3. (obsolete) To utter sententiously.
    • Let me heare one wise man sentence it, rather then twenty Fooles, garrulous in their lengthened tattle.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

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Origin of sentenceth

sentence + -eth

Questions about sentenceth

What is sentenceth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sentenceth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sentence.

Words near sentenceth in the dictionary

  1. sentenceness
  2. sentencer
  3. sentencers
  4. sentences
  5. sentencest
  6. sentenceth
  7. sentencewise
  8. sentencing
  9. sentencing range
  10. sentencings
  11. sentencious

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