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tookest

verb, old form used with thou (past)

«tookest» 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

«tookest» means «you took», a form of «take»: To take is to get hold of something and move it or have 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 tookest» = «you took».

Examples

Shoot the arrows at the statue, and the rider shall tumble into the sea, but the horse will fall down by thy side, and thou shalt bury him in the place from which thou tookest the bow and arrows. (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) tree →

Note

Today: you took.

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