shooteth

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A form of shoot — To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).

OriginEnglish shoot ← Middle English schoten ← Old English sċēotan →
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Meanings

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kéwdeti?
  3. Proto-Germanic*skuttōnąbf.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*skeutaną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*skeutan
  6. Old Englishsċēotan
  7. Middle Englishschoten
  8. Englishshoot
  9. Englishshooteth

From shoot + -eth.

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APA

shooteth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooteth

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shooteth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooteth.

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