Meanings
verb
- archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of rain
For the rain it raineth every day.
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*Hréǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*Hréǵʰnos?
- Proto-Germanic*regną
- Proto-West Germanic*regn
- Old Englishreġn
- Middle Englishreyn
- Englishrain
- Englishraineth
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Cite this entry
APA
raineth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raineth
MLA
“raineth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raineth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raineth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raineth.
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