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mayest

American  
[mey-ist] / ˈmeɪ ɪst /
Also mayst

verb

Archaic.
  1. 2nd person singular present indicative of may.


mayest British  
/ ˈmeɪɪst /

verb

  1. a variant of mayst

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Awaken, doomed city, that thou mayest save thyself," the prophet cries out in Zweig's play.

From Salon Dec. 22, 2020

I think thou mayest choose a different life.

From Slate Jan. 15, 2020

What he ultimately concludes, she said, is “thou mayest triumph over sin, but it’s in the hands of the next generation; it’s a choice.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 15, 2020

In Sonnet 73, “That time of year thou mayest in me behold,” there is a cognitive rumple as eventful as any I know in poetry.

From The New Yorker Apr. 23, 2016

And this was the gold from our mining: ‘'Thou mayest.' ‘Thou mayest rule over sin.’

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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