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spouteth

spouteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spout.

Meaning of spout

Verb

spout (third-person singular simple present spouts, present participle spouting, simple past and past participle spouted)

  1. (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
    • Water spouts from a hole.
  2. (ambitransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
    • The whale spouted.
  3. (intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.
  4. (transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
    • Pray, spout some French, son.c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Coxcomb”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv
  5. (dated, slang, transitive) To pawn; to pledge.
    • to spout a watch

See all 13 meanings of spout

Origin of spouteth

spout + -eth

Questions about spouteth

What is spouteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spouteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spout.

Words near spouteth in the dictionary

  1. spouted off
  2. spouted out
  3. spouter
  4. spouters
  5. spoutest
  6. spouteth
  7. spoutfish
  8. spoutfishes
  9. spouthole
  10. spoutholes
  11. spoutin'

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