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# askest

verb, old form used with thou

«askest» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«askest» means «you ask», a form of «ask»: To ask is to say a question so that you get an answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/askest/#m1)

### Then and now

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

### Examples

- "Thou askest me of what race, of what family I am," says the fair maiden of a song preserved in the Tambof Government-- (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/askest/#x1)
- ‘What thou askest that shalt thou receive,’ said Arthur, ‘as far as the wind dries and the rain moistens, and the sun revolves and the sea encircles and the earth extends. (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/askest/#x2)

### Note

Today: you ask.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «askest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/A/askest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«askest» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/askest.html) on Mova free.