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weareth

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 old-fashioned form of 'wears.' It is used in older or mock-archaic style.

Detailed Definition
Weareth is an archaic third-person singular verb form meaning 'wears.' Writers sometimes use such forms for a quaint, elevated, or playful old-fashioned effect. Here it gives the poem a slightly mock-formal tone while describing the cat’s coat of colors.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Because she weareth upon her back” uses weareth as archaic present-tense “wears”; “She weareth a garland of rain” gives the form a ceremonial lyric tone; “He weareth grief as armour” makes clothing metaphorical; “The queen weareth no crown but dawn” demonstrates its usefulness in deliberately old-fashioned diction
Additional Notes
The verb form in the line is archaic and uncommon in modern English, so readers may not recognize it at once.; Found in the poem, The Tortoiseshell Cat by Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Also Known As
bears carries holds possesses
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