hath

alternative hathe

1. archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of have

   What hath God wrought.

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   Thirty days hath September.

   To ſet the minde on the racke of long meditation (you ſay) is a torment: to follow the ſwift foote of your hound alday long, hath no wearineſſe: what would you ſay of him that finds better game in his ſtudie, then you in the fielde, and would account your diſport his puniſhment? ſuch there are, though you doubt and wonder.

   1611, Joseph Hall, “Epistle VIII. To E.B. Dedicated to Sir George Goring.”, in Epistles […], volume III, London: […] [William Stansby and William Jaggard] for Samuell Macham, […], →OCLC, 5th decade, pages 95–96

   ... unto every one that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away ...

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 19:26

   I could plainly diſcover from whence one Family derives a long Chin; why a ſecond hath abounded with Knaves for two Generations, and Fools for two more; why a third happened to be crack-brained, and a fourth to be Sharpers.

   1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of Glubbdubdrib. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 108

   To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.

   1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: has

plural haths

1. alternativeAlternative form of hauth (“unit of measure”).