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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grow.

Etymologies

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From grow +‎ -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix

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Examples

  • And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • ¶ And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

    Isaiah 37. 1999

  • "The flower 'groweth' here," said he, and lifted a lid from the stove.

    The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix Homer Eon Flint 1908

  • "The flower 'groweth' here," said he, and lifted a lid from the stove.

    The Emancipatrix Homer Eon Flint 1908

  • Thus translate: "Ye did eat (the first year) such as groweth of itself, and in the second year that ... but in this third year sow ye," &c., for in this year the land shall be delivered from the foe.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • The words are these: "This shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself, and the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof," 2 Kings 19: 29; Isaiah

    Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

  • 23: 037: 030 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

    New Etext of Bible [King James Version]

  • 23: 037: 030 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

    The Bible, King James version, Book 23: Isaiah Anonymous

  • 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

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