knoweth

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A form of know — To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.

OriginEnglish know ← Middle English knowen ← Old English cnāwan →
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Meanings

verb
  1. archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of know

    And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

    Ecclesiastes 2:19, King James Version

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  2. Proto-Germanic*knēaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*knāan
  4. Old Englishcnāwan
  5. Middle Englishknowen
  6. Englishknow
  7. Englishknoweth

From know + -eth.

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