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# stretchedst

verb, old form used with thou

«stretchedst» 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

«stretchedst» means «you stretched», a form of «stretch»: To make something longer or wider by pulling it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stretchedst/#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 stretchedst» = «you stretched».

### Examples

- Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them. (Torah EXO.15.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/stretchedst/#x1)

### Note

Today: you stretched.

## On Mova

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