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# speakest

«speakest» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **you speak** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic form

### modern equivalent

you speak

### part of speech

verb, old form used with thou

### meaning for a pupil

«speakest» means «you speak», a form of «speak»: To say words out loud; to talk: "Speak clearly." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/#m1)

### 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 speakest» = «you speak».

### examples

- Then said Arthur, "O chieftain, I have never heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will gladly send messengers in search of her." (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/#x1)
- ‘O Kilweh,’ said Arthur, ‘never have I heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will send messengers to seek her if thou wilt give me time.’ (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/#x2)

### tests

ending -est (stem «speak», a verb of EWT); corpora 2 (Torah 0, tales 2, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.2 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And the king said unto him: 'Why speakest thou any more of thy matters?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.584/)
- [For as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1263/)
- [Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.837/)
- [But he said unto her: 'Thou speakest as one of the impious women speaketh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.32/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «speakest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/speakest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.