[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/performest/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / performest

# performest

verb, old form used with thou

«performest» 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

«performest» means «you perform», a form of «perform»: To perform is to act, sing, dance or play music for an audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/performest/#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 performest» = «you perform».

### Examples

- "Who art thou?" he asked, "whose outward appearance is that of an animal, while thou willingly performest acts of mercy?" (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/P/performest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you perform.

## On Mova

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