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# knowest

verb, old form used with thou

«knowest» 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

«knowest» means «you know», a form of «know»: To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knowest/#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 knowest» = «you know».

### Examples

- And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.' (Torah GEN.47.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knowest/#x1)
- Say, knowest thou aught of Mabon?" (Celtic Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knowest/#x2)
- And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. (Torah GEN.30.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/K/knowest/#x3)

### Note

Today: you know.

## On Mova

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