knowest

«knowest» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: you know — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

you know

part of speech

verb, old form used with thou

meaning for a pupil

«knowest» means «you know», a form of «know»: To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told. tree →

how it differs from today

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou knowest» = «you know».

examples

• And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.' (Torah GEN.47.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?" (Celtic Fairy Tales) tree →
• And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. (Torah GEN.30.29, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

ending -est (stem «know», a verb of EWT); corpora 31 (Torah 12, tales 19, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 3.5 (Torah alone 28.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.
• And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.'
• And David said unto the young man that told him: 'How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?'
• And what can David say more unto Thee? for Thou knowest Thy servant, O Lord GOD.
• And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and thou, my lord the king, knowest it not.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «knowest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.