sendest
verb, old form used with thou
Early Modern English
Meaning
«sendest» means «you send», a form of «send»: To send is to make something go to another place or person, like a letter, a parcel or a message. 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 sendest» = «you send».
Examples
- And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: you send.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «sendest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «sendest» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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