“catcheth” is a form of
catch
/kæt͡ʃ/ noun, verb
Forms catches catching caught catched catchest caughtest catchedst catcheth
- noun (countable) The act of seizing or capturing. “The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.”
- noun (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball. “The player made an impressive catch.”
- noun (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing. “Good catch. I never would have remembered that.”
- noun (uncountable) The game of catching a ball. “The kids love to play catch.”
- noun (countable) Something which is captured or caught. “The fishermen took pictures of their catch.”
- noun (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse. “Did you see his latest catch?”
- noun (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening. “She installed a sturdy catch to keep her cabinets closed tight.”
- noun (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion. “There was a catch in his voice when he spoke his father's name.”
- verb (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). “I hope I catch a fish.”
- verb (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- verb (transitive, figuratively, dated) To marry or enter into a similar relationship with.
- verb (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc. “If he catches you on the chin, you'll be on the mat.”
- verb (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for. “If you leave now you might catch him.”
- verb (transitive) To discover and observe (someone or something while it takes some action or exists) (sometimes, but not always, with implications of 'unpleasantly' or 'unexpectedly'). “He was caught in the act of stealing a biscuit.”
- verb (transitive) To record, for example on film or tape. “It's the very first time such an elusive bird has been caught on film.”
- verb (transitive) To travel by means of. “catch the bus”
Synonyms
observation haul take prize find conquest beau stop chock clasp hasp latch hitch snag problem trick gimmick snatch fragment snippet match grab snap apprehension arrest collar pinch taking into custody pick up get
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English cacchen, from Anglo-Norman cachier, variant of Old French chacier, from Late Latin captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Akin to Modern French chasser (from Old French chacier) and Spanish cazar, and thus a doublet of chase. Compare ketch. Via PIE cognate with have. Displaced Middle English fangen ("to catch"; > Modern English fang (verb)), from Old English fōn (“to seize, take”); Middle English lacchen ("to catch" and heavily displaced Modern English latch), from Old English læċċan.
The verb became irregular, possibly under the influence of the semantically similar latch (from Old English læċċan), whose past tense was lahte, lauhte, laught (Old English læhte), until becoming regularised in Modern English.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
- verb To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. "They pursued . . . and caught him." Judg. i. 6.
- verb To attain possession. [Obs.]
- verb To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
Etymology [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to take, catch. See Capacious, and cf. Chase, Case a box.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “catch”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details