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hath

American  
[hath] / hæθ /

verb

Archaic.

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative of have.

hath British  
/ hæθ /

verb

  1. archaic a form of the present tense (indicative mood) of have

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“I was about to find out that hell hath no fury like a man scorned,” Lunden wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Hell hath no fury like a Lily Allen scorned.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

It read: “A Sober Person, well recommended, who hath been us’d to the Employment of an Oysterman on York River, may meet with good Encouragement, on applying to Benjamin Bryan.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

And that is why I find it so compelling, and a little bit poetic, that everyone has come to hate him for what that ascent hath wrought.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

And Sir Hugh Fitzhugh, to the north yonder, who is cousin to Sir Peter, hath a quarrel with him.”

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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