Meaning & use
doth
An archaic third-person singular form of 'do,' used in older or poetic English.
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The lady doth protest too much, whispered the courtier under his breath.
He doth speak in riddles whenever he is asked a direct question.
A note on using this word
Doth survives mainly in quotations from Shakespeare and the King James Bible; it is not used in modern speech.
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