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# receivedst

verb, old form used with thou

«receivedst» 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

«receivedst» means «you received», a form of «receive»: To receive is to get something that someone gives or sends you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/receivedst/#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 receivedst» = «you received».

### Examples

- In Paradise, when thou wert born in the first rose, beneath the Tree of Knowledge, thou receivedst a kiss, and thy right name was given thee--thy name, Poetry. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/R/receivedst/#x1)

### Note

Today: you received.

## On Mova

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