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Also ‑es.

Third person singular of the present tense of verbs.

Old English dialect forms, probably from the second person singular present tense ending ‑es, ‑as.

The usual ending is ‑s (cuts, sews, takes); however, verbs whose stem ends in s, x, z, sh, or ch use ‑es instead (blesses, fizzes, flexes, pushes, lunches), as do those ending in o (echoes, goes, vetoes).

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