Mayest

Word MAYEST
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Definitions and meanings of "Mayest"

What do we mean by mayest?

Second-person singular simple present form of may. verb

Alternative spelling of mayst. verb

To be strong; to have power (over).

(auxiliary) To be able; can.

To be able to go.

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.

(modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly.

(subjunctive present, defective) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).

Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.

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The word "mayest" in example sentences

(3 JOHN: 2) Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in (HEALTH), even as thy soul prospereth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For if ‘Thou mayest’ — it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.’ ❋ Unknown (2009)

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the late 1940s, Roberts claimed his Bible flipped open to the Third Epistle of John, verse 2: Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I will see that the five villages be searched for thy choice of all maidens, that thou mayest stay here by thy brother, and dwell in comfort. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the Hebrew word, the word timshel — ‘Thou mayest’ — that gives a choice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hab 2: 15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! ❋ Unknown (2009)

And this, finally, that thou mayest henceforth walk softly and with understanding! ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury.” ❋ Russell Jacoby (2011)

How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou, enjoying this comfort, mayest live and die happily? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anyway, on the cover of the box, Steinbeck chiseled four Hebrew letters which spell out the word "timshel,"a word that loosely translates as "thou mayest;" the word suggests that we as humans, with the consciousness we "achieved" by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden, can in every moment CHOOSE our behavior; we can choose between good and evil. ❋ Claudia Ricci (2010)

In placing Adam in the Garden, God established one crystal clear rule: “Of every tree of the Garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” Genesis 2:16–17. ❋ T. D. JAKES (2010)

When Moses came to the burning bush in the wilderness and had his marvelous encounter with God, God said to Moses, “I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt” Exodus 3:10. ❋ T. D. JAKES (2010)

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