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quoth definition

quoth (kwōt̸h)

transitive verb

Archaic said: the past tense, followed by a subject in the first or third person, and taking as its object the words being repeated

Etymology: ME quath < OE cwæth, pret. of cwethan, to speak, say, akin to Goth quithan, to say

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