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# shouldest

auxiliary verb, form of should used with thou

«shouldest» 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

You should or ought to; you would be expected to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shouldest/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say you should. The sentences use the same sense as should.

### Examples

- Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?' (Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shouldest/#x1)
- that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich; (Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shouldest/#x2)
- And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?' (Torah GEN.29.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/shouldest/#x3)

### Note

Today: should.

## On Mova

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