Archaic
Verb (4-dan, る, intransitive)
Polite
Usually written in kana
1. to be
usu. ございます in modern Japanese
これには深いわけがございます。There is a deep reason for this.
2. to come; to go; to be (somewhere)
Archaic
Verb (4-dan, る)
Honorific
Usually written in kana
3. to be (doing)
after the ～て form of a verb