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-th1 definition

-th

  1. the act of ____ing growth
  2. the state or quality of being or having wealth, depth

Etymology: ME -th, -the < OE -thu, -tho, -th, akin to Goth -itha (< IE *-ita > L -ta, Sans -tā): in words such as height, sleight, the -th has become -t

-th2 definition

-th

forming ordinal numerals fourth, ninth
Also, after a vowel, -eth

Etymology: ME -the < OE -tha, -the, -otha, -othe < IE *-tos > Gr -tos, L -tus; in fifth, sixth, eleventh, twelfth, it replaced the orig. OE -ta, -te

-th3 definition

-th

-eth

Etymology: ME < OE: see -eth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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