knockest
verb, old form used with thou
Early Modern English
Meaning
«knockest» means «you knock», a form of «knock»: To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you. 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 knockest» = «you knock».
Note
Today: you knock.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «knockest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «knockest» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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