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wouldst

[ woodst, wootst ]

verb

, Archaic.
  1. 2nd person singular past tense of will 1.


wouldst

/ wʊdst /

verb

  1. archaic.
    used with the pronounthou or its relative equivalent a singular form of the past tense of will 1


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Example Sentences

Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush.

O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.

Nay, I quarrel not with the lodging; I only complain of the board—and now wouldst thou know my story.

Wouldst thou that I should divide my kingdom, and have this unrest off my mind?

If thou wert an honest woman, thou wouldst not have left thy husband and children, and run about the country like a fugitive.

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