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cometh

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An archaic third-person singular form of “come,” meaning arrives, approaches, occurs, or happens, frequently found in older poetry.

Detailed Definition
An archaic third-person singular form of "come." In older poetry it often helps create a formal or traditional tone, as in the poem’s description of winter’s arrival.
Example
Example in poetry:
“When such a time cometh I do retire” uses cometh, an archaic third-person singular form of come; “For lo, the winter is past” in the King James Bible shows the elevated scriptural register often associated with cometh; Shakespeare writes, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn,” where older verb forms help shape dramatic diction; A contemporary poet may use cometh deliberately to give a prophecy, parody, or prayer an antique tone
Additional Notes
The verb form "cometh" in the quoted line is archaic and less familiar than modern "comes."; Found in the poem, Old Song by Edward FitzGerald
Also Known As
approaches arrives comes forth draws near
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