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# dost

verb, form of do with thou

«dost» 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

Do something, with "thou" as the subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dost/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say "do" with "you."

### Examples

- Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee. (Torah DEU.24.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dost/#x1)
- "What dost thou want with me now?" (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dost/#x2)
- When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. (Torah DEU.24.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/dost/#x3)

### Note

Today: do.

## On Mova

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