reapest
verb, old form used with thou
Early Modern English
Meaning
«reapest» means «you reap», a form of «reap»: To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.» 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 reapest» = «you reap».
Note
Today: you reap.
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