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# criest

verb, old form used with thou

«criest» 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

«criest» means «you cry», a form of «cry»: To cry is to have tears come from your eyes because you are sad, hurt, or very happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/criest/#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 criest» = «you cry».

### Examples

- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Wherefore criest thou unto Me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. (Torah EXO.14.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/criest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you cry.

## On Mova

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