hath
an old form of “has”
How often you will meet it
Rank 739 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,324 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
auxiliary verb
- an old form of “has”
hath in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Hail, hostess of the inn, my cousin here Hath lodgings at your inn.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Thank God that so hath blessed thee, And sit down, Robin, and rest thee.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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But the heart is deceitful, the good Book saith, And life hath ever a savor of death.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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Hang him; a gilder that hath his brains perished with quicksilver is not more cold in the liver.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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By our holy vow, By our prayers and many tears, By the mercy that endears, Spare him! he our love hath shared!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1