wast en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /wɔst/ (US)
- wôst (US)
- wəst (UK, US)
- /wəst/ (UK, US)
- wŏst (UK)
- /wɒst/ (UK)
- /wɑst/ (cot-caught-merger)
- wäst (cot-caught-merger)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was + -est.
Meanings
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(archaic, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular) second-person singular simple past indicative of be; wert.
form of be
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 16:5:Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born […]
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene 2 (a hunting song)]:I remember the day when thou wast born.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:11:Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st! Yea, one wast thou with me That once of old.
1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 97–99:
Relateds
art · been · was · am · being · beest · be · wert · are · were · is