whilst

«whilst» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: while — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

while

part of speech

conjunction

meaning for a pupil

During the time that; at the same time as. tree →

how it differs from today

Today "whilst" is an old form of "while", used mainly in British English and sounding old-fashioned; the sense is the same.

examples

• She put down the candles whilst she got over the stile. (English Fairy Tales) tree →
• Whilst they were speaking a fiery dragon came flying through the air. (The Yellow Fairy Book) tree →
• For mercy's sake give up this mad idea and retire whilst you can." (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) tree →

primary record

while

tests

manual 10.4; corpora 218 (Torah 0, tales 218, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 3; ratio 3.5 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape.
• Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
• Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

Trees and pragmatics

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