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smarteth

smarteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smart.

Meaning of smart

Verb

smart (third-person singular simple present smarts, present participle smarting, simple past smarted or (obsolete) smort, past participle smarted or (obsolete) smort or (obsolete) smorten)

  1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
    • After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
  2. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
    • A goad that […] smarts the flesh.a. 1652, Thomas Adams, Faith’s Encouragement
  3. (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
    • You think this cruel? take it for a rule, / No creature ſmarts ſo little as a Fool.1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 5, lines 81–82

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Origin of smarteth

smart + -eth

Questions about smarteth

What is smarteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Smarteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of smart.

Words near smarteth in the dictionary

  1. smartening up
  2. smartens
  3. smartens up
  4. smarter
  5. smartest
  6. smarteth
  7. smartful
  8. smartglasses
  9. smartgrid
  10. smartgrids
  11. Smartha

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