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to knowest

to knowest

1 9.9
An old way of saying 'you know' used with 'thou'
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : sabes
  • O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day.
  • Thou knowest

Examples

  • Thou knowest Sister Christensen, and I would ask thee if she is as she seems in her letters.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Almighty God, thou knowest our need.

    Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

  • I see thou knowest me not.

    Romeo + Juliet (1996)

  • One declared, "It is thou who knowest the great Spirit who has made us all."

    Academic text (2001)

  • What I do thou knowest.

    Blog text (4)

  • If thou knowest what is in my heart, grant me forgiveness.

    Solomon and Sheba (1959)

  • Mary Worth, thou knowest how the court doth proceed in such matters.

    The Legend of Bloody Mary (2008)

  • Thou knowest nothing.

    Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

  • -Thou knowest the rules.

    Choke (2008)

  • O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day.

Synonyms

to weet
vsto knowest
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To know or be aware of something

is the archaic singular second person present form used with an old informal pronoun

Surface Forms

knowest infinitive
knowing present participle
knowest third person singular
knew past
known past participle

Morphology

knowest = know (transparent) = know + est

The suffix '-est' is a standard archaic form for the second person singular present tense, making the transformation clear.

Etymology

The word knowest is an old form of know used with thou, the old word for 'you'. The -est ending showed the single 'you', so knowest simply means 'you know'.