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Definition of "shouldest" [shouldest]

  • Archaic A second person singular past tense of shall. (auxiliary-verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "shouldest" in a sentence
  • "Revelation 11:18. "thou shoudest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.""
  • "King Solomon, the wisest of all men, said in Proverbs 27: 22, "Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.""
  • "Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"
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