"returneth" meaning in English

See returneth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English return English -eth English returneth From return + -eth. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|return|-eth|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English return English -eth English returneth From return + -eth. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} returneth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of return Tags: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: return
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "return",
        "4": "-eth",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish return\nEnglish -eth\nEnglish returneth\nFrom return + -eth.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish return\nEnglish -eth\nEnglish returneth\nFrom return + -eth.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "returneth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -eth",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              18
            ],
            [
              40,
              49
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 26:11:",
          "text": "As a dog returneth to his vomit, a fool returneth to his folly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "return"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of return"
      ],
      "id": "en-returneth-en-verb-fDIFe0Na",
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of return"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "returneth"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "return",
        "4": "-eth",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish return\nEnglish -eth\nEnglish returneth\nFrom return + -eth.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish return\nEnglish -eth\nEnglish returneth\nFrom return + -eth.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "returneth",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English archaic third-person singular forms",
        "English entries referencing missing etymons",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English terms suffixed with -eth",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verb forms",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              18
            ],
            [
              40,
              49
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 26:11:",
          "text": "As a dog returneth to his vomit, a fool returneth to his folly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "return"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of return"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "return",
          "return#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative of return"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "returneth"
}

Download raw JSONL data for returneth meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (e79dea5 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.