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eatest

verb, old form used with thou

«eatest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

«eatest» means «you eat», a form of «eat»: To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it. tree →

Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou eatest» = «you eat».

Examples

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.' (Torah GEN.2.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: you eat.

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