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# takest

verb, old form used with thou

«takest» 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

«takest» means «you take», a form of «take»: To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/takest/#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 takest» = «you take».

### Examples

- Step on board and let him conduct thee; but if thou wouldest behold thy kingdom again, see that thou takest not the name of Allah into thy mouth." (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/takest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you take.

## On Mova

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