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# turnest

verb, old form used with thou

«turnest» 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

«turnest» means «you turn», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/turnest/#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 turnest» = «you turn».

### Examples

- If thou turnest to flee, he will overtake thee. (The Lilac Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/turnest/#x1)

### Note

Today: you turn.

## On Mova

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